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

Chapter XII

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DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.
From finishing _Endymion_ at Burford Bridge Keats returned some time before mid-December to his Hampstead lodging.
The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.
J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.
No one, least of all one living in Keats's circle, could well attempt stage criticism at this time without trying to write like Hazlitt.
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Life of John Keats — His Life and Poetry, His Friends

Chapter XII

Chapter 12 of Life of John Keats — His Life and Poetry, His Friends is here in full — 358 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.
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From finishing _Endymion_ at Burford Bridge Keats returned some time before mid-December to his Hampstead lodging.
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The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.
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J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.
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No one, least of all one living in Keats's circle, could well attempt stage criticism at this time without trying to write like Hazlitt.

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actor's noun US /ˈæktərz/

possessive form of “actor” — a theatrical performer

From this reading “The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.”

Chieftain's noun US /ˈtʃiːftənz/

possessive form of “chieftain” — the leader of a group of people

compiler noun US /kəmˈpaɪlər/

a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)

From this reading “J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.”

Disillusion noun US /ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒən/

freeing from false belief or illusions

From this reading “DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.”

emigration noun US /ˌeməˈɡreɪʃən/

migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)

From this reading “DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.”

hash noun US /hæʃ/

chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned

From this reading “J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.”

Kean noun US /kiːn/

English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833)

From this reading “The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.”

prolific adjective US /proʊˈlɪfɪk/

intellectually productive

From this reading “DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.”

Word partnerships in these lines

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exact date adjective + noun

In this reading “The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.”

under the title preposition + article + noun counted as “under … title”

In this reading “J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.”

three parts noun + noun

In this reading “J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.”

some time adjective + noun

In this reading “From finishing _Endymion_ at Burford Bridge Keats returned some time before mid-December to his Hampstead lodging.”

first performance adjective + noun

In this reading “The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.”

some weeks adjective + noun counted as “some week”

In this reading “The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.”

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15th

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From this reading The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.

1817

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From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

1818

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From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

21

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From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

AdeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

accountnounUS /əˈkaʊnt/

a record or narrative description of past events

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

actingnounUS /ˈæktɪŋ/

the performance of a part or role in a drama

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

actor'snounUS /ˈæktərz/

possessive form of “actor” — a theatrical performer

From this reading The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.

againadverbUS /əˈɡen/

anew

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading No one, least of all one living in Keats's circle, could well attempt stage criticism at this time without trying to write like Hazlitt.

alsoadverbUS /ˈɔːlsoʊ/

in addition

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

attemptnounUS /əˈtempt/

earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

From this reading No one, least of all one living in Keats's circle, could well attempt stage criticism at this time without trying to write like Hazlitt.

BacchusnounUS /ˈbækɪs/

(classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

BasilnounUS /ˈbæzəl/

any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading From finishing _Endymion_ at Burford Bridge Keats returned some time before mid-December to his Hampstead lodging.

breakverbUS /breɪk/

terminate

From this reading The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.

break-up

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From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

BridgenounUS /brɪdʒ/

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

From this reading From finishing _Endymion_ at Burford Bridge Keats returned some time before mid-December to his Hampstead lodging.

BrownnounUS /braʊn/

an orange of low brightness and saturation

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

Burford

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From this reading From finishing _Endymion_ at Burford Bridge Keats returned some time before mid-December to his Hampstead lodging.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

calledverbUS /kɔːld/

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

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

chambersnounUS /ˈtʃeɪmbərz/

English architect (1723-1796)

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

ChampionnounUS /ˈtʃæmpiən/

someone who has won first place in a competition

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

Chieftain'snounUS /ˈtʃiːftənz/

possessive form of “chieftain” — the leader of a group of people

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

ChristmasnounUS /ˈkrɪsməs/

period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

circlenounUS /ˈsɜːrkəl/

ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point

From this reading No one, least of all one living in Keats's circle, could well attempt stage criticism at this time without trying to write like Hazlitt.

compilernounUS /kəmˈpaɪlər/

a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

correspondencenounUS /ˌkɔːrəˈspɑːndəns/

communication by the exchange of letters

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading No one, least of all one living in Keats's circle, could well attempt stage criticism at this time without trying to write like Hazlitt.

criticismnounUS /ˈkrɪtɪsɪzəm/

disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

criticismsnounUS /ˈkrɪtɪsɪzəmz/

plural of “criticism” — disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

datenounUS /deɪt/

the specified day of the month

From this reading The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.

DaughternounUS /ˈdɔːtər/

a female human offspring

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

DECEMBERnounUS /dɪˈsembər/

the last (12th) month of the year

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

Dillon

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From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

dinnernounUS /ˈdɪnər/

the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

DisillusionnounUS /ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒən/

freeing from false belief or illusions

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

DonnounUS /dɑːn/

a Spanish gentleman or nobleman

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

dramaticadjectiveUS /drəˈmætɪk/

suitable to or characteristic of drama

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

Drury

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From this reading The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.

dueadjectiveUS /duː/

owed and payable immediately or on demand

From this reading The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.

DukenounUS /duːk/

a British peer of the highest rank

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

EMIGRATIONnounUS /ˌeməˈɡreɪʃən/

migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

Endymion

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From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

EpistlenounUS /ɪˈpɪsəl/

a specially long, formal letter

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

eveningnounUS /ˈiːvnɪŋ/

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

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

exactadjectiveUS /ɪɡˈzækt/

Strictly particular and correct.

From this reading The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.

Exeter

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From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

experienceverbUS /ɪkˈspɪriəns/

undergo or live through a difficult experience

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

familynounUS /ˈfæməli/

a social unit living together

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

FebruarynounUS /ˈfebjəweri/

the month following January and preceding March

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

finishingnounUS /ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ/

a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)

From this reading From finishing _Endymion_ at Burford Bridge Keats returned some time before mid-December to his Hampstead lodging.

firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

forgetsverbUS /fərˈɡets/

third-person singular of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

fournounUS /fɔːr/

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

fourthnounUS /fɔːrθ/

following the third position; number four in a countable series

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

friendsnounUS /frendz/

plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

FromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading From finishing _Endymion_ at Burford Bridge Keats returned some time before mid-December to his Hampstead lodging.

generaladjectiveUS /ˈdʒenərəl/

applying to all or most members of a category or group

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

GEORGEnounUS /dʒɔːrdʒ/

Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

Giovanni

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From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

goneadjectiveUS /ɡɔːn/

destroyed or killed

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

HnounUS /eɪtʃ/

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

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

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

HAMPSTEAD

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

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

happyadjectiveUS /ˈhæpi/

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

hashnounUS /hæʃ/

chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

hauntingadjectiveUS /ˈhɔːntɪŋ/

continually recurring to the mind

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

Haydon

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From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

Hazlittnoun

English essayist and literary critic (1778-1830)

From this reading No one, least of all one living in Keats's circle, could well attempt stage criticism at this time without trying to write like Hazlitt.

Hazlitt's

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From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

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 J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

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

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading From finishing _Endymion_ at Burford Bridge Keats returned some time before mid-December to his Hampstead lodging.

holidaynounUS /ˈhɑːlədeɪ/

leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

HuntverbUS /hʌnt/

pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

IIInoun

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.

illnessnounUS /ˈɪlnəs/

impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

From this reading The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.

immortaladjUS /ɪˈmɔːr.t̬əl/

Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

impatiencenounUS /ˌɪmˈpeɪʃəns/

a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.

IsabellanounUS /ˌɪzəˈbelə/

the queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504)

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.

JnounUS /dʒeɪ/

a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

JUNEnounUS /dʒuːn/

the month following May and preceding July

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

KeannounUS /kiːn/

English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833)

From this reading The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.

KEATSnounUS /kiːts/

Englishman and romantic poet (1795-1821)

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

Keats's

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From this reading No one, least of all one living in Keats's circle, could well attempt stage criticism at this time without trying to write like Hazlitt.

knowledgenounUS /ˈnɑːlədʒ/

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

LambnounUS /læm/

young sheep

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

LanenounUS /leɪn/

a narrow way or road

From this reading The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.

leastadjectiveUS /liːst/

the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree

From this reading No one, least of all one living in Keats's circle, could well attempt stage criticism at this time without trying to write like Hazlitt.

lecturesnounUS /ˈlektʃərz/

plural of “lecture” — a speech that is open to the public

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

lettersnounUS /ˈletərz/

the literary culture

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

LifenounUS /laɪf/

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

likeverbUS /laɪk/

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading No one, least of all one living in Keats's circle, could well attempt stage criticism at this time without trying to write like Hazlitt.

livingnounUS /ˈlɪvɪŋ/

the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

From this reading No one, least of all one living in Keats's circle, could well attempt stage criticism at this time without trying to write like Hazlitt.

lodgingnounUS /ˈlɑːdʒɪŋ/

structures collectively in which people are housed

From this reading From finishing _Endymion_ at Burford Bridge Keats returned some time before mid-December to his Hampstead lodging.

Macready

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From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

MaximsnounUS /ˈmæksəmz/

plural of “maxim” — a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

MeetingnounUS /ˈmiːtɪŋ/

a formally arranged gathering

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/

The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

mennounUS /men/

the force of workers available

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

mid-Decembernoun

the middle part of December

From this reading From finishing _Endymion_ at Burford Bridge Keats returned some time before mid-December to his Hampstead lodging.

MoreadjectiveUS /mɔːr/

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

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

name-part

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From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

NeednounUS /niːd/

a condition requiring relief

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading No one, least of all one living in Keats's circle, could well attempt stage criticism at this time without trying to write like Hazlitt.

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

pantomimenounUS /ˈpæntəmaɪm/

a performance using gestures and body movements without words

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

partnounUS /pɑːrt/

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

particularadjectiveUS /pərˈtɪkjələr/

unique or specific to a person or thing or category

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

partsnounUS /pɑːrts/

the local environment

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

performancenounUS /pərˈfɔːrməns/

a dramatic or musical entertainment

From this reading The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.

plansnounUS /plænz/

plural of “plan” — a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

playverbUS /pleɪ/

participate in games or sport

From this reading The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.

playedadjectiveUS /pleɪd/

(of games) engaged in

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

PotnounUS /pɑːt/

metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

PrefacenounUS /ˈprefəs/

a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

printedverbUS /ˈprɪntɪd/

past form of “print” — put into print

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

probablyadverbUS /ˈprɑːbəbliː/

with considerable certainty; without much doubt

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

producedverbUS /prəˈduːst/

past form of “produce” — bring forth or yield

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

prolificadjectiveUS /proʊˈlɪfɪk/

intellectually productive

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

QuarrelsnounUS /ˈkwɔːrəlz/

plural of “quarrel” — an angry dispute

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

Rants

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From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

re-appearance

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From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

reflectionsnounUS /rɪˈflekʃənz/

plural of “reflection” — a calm, lengthy, intent consideration

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

RetributionnounUS /ˌret.rəˈbjuː.ʃən/

Punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong act. (Sự trừng phạt, quả báo thích đáng.)

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

returnedverbUS /rɪˈtɜːrnd/

past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading From finishing _Endymion_ at Burford Bridge Keats returned some time before mid-December to his Hampstead lodging.

ReynoldsnounUS /ˈrenəldz/

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

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

RichadjectiveUS /rɪtʃ/

possessing material wealth

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

Richard

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From this reading The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.

ScotlandnounUS /ˈskɑːtlənd/

one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

secondnounUS /ˈsekənd/

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

seeverbUS /siː/

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.

Shakespeare'snounUS /ˈʃeɪkspiːrz/

possessive form of “shakespeare” — English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

ShelleynounUS /ˈʃeli/

English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

SixnounUS /sɪks/

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

smalladjectiveUS /smɔːl/

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

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

SoftadjectiveUS /sɑːft/

yielding readily to pressure or weight

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

someadjectiveUS /sʌm/

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

From this reading From finishing _Endymion_ at Burford Bridge Keats returned some time before mid-December to his Hampstead lodging.

sonnetsnounUS /ˈsɑːnɪts/

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

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

stagenounUS /steɪdʒ/

any distinct time period in a sequence of events

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

substituteverbUS /ˈsʌbstətuːt/

put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

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 DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

TEIGNMOUTH

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

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

thirdnounUS /θɜːrd/

one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

ThirstnounUS /θɜːrst/

a physiological need to drink

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading No one, least of all one living in Keats's circle, could well attempt stage criticism at this time without trying to write like Hazlitt.

thoughtnounUS /θɔːt/

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

threenounUS /θriː/

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

timenounUS /taɪm/

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading From finishing _Endymion_ at Burford Bridge Keats returned some time before mid-December to his Hampstead lodging.

titlenounUS /ˈtaɪtəl/

a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

tragedynounUS /ˈtrædʒədi/

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

tryingadjectiveUS /ˈtraɪɪŋ/

hard to endure

From this reading No one, least of all one living in Keats's circle, could well attempt stage criticism at this time without trying to write like Hazlitt.

twonounUS /tuː/

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

uncertainadjectiveUS /ənˈsɜːrtən/

lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance

From this reading The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.

underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

VInounUS /vaɪ/

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

villainnounUS /ˈvɪlən/

a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

WalknounUS /wɔːk/

the act of traveling by foot

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading The exact date is uncertain; but it was in time to see Kean play _Richard III_ at Drury Lane on the 15th--the actor's first performance after a break of some weeks due to illness.

weathernounUS /ˈweðər/

the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

weeksnounUS /wiːks/

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

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

WelladverbUS /wel/

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

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

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

WinternounUS /ˈwɪntər/

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

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading No one, least of all one living in Keats's circle, could well attempt stage criticism at this time without trying to write like Hazlitt.

WordsworthnounUS /ˈwɜːrdzwərθ/

a romantic English poet whose work was inspired by the Lake District where he spent most of his life (1770-1850)

From this reading DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION OF GEORGE KEATS Hampstead again: stage criticism--Hazlitt's lectures--Life at Well Walk--Meeting with Wordsworth--The 'immortal dinner'--Lamb forgets himself--More of Wordsworth--A happy evening--Wordsworth on Bacchus--Disillusion and impatience--Winter letters--Maxims and reflections--Quarrels among friends--Haydon, Hunt and Shelley--A prolific February--Rants and sonnets--A haunting memory--Six weeks at Teignmouth--Soft weather and soft men--_Isabella_ or _the Pot of Basil_--Rich correspondence--Epistle to Reynolds--Thirst for knowledge--Need of experience--The two chambers of thought--Summer plans--Preface to _Endymion_--A family break-up--To Scotland with Brown.

writeverbUS /raɪt/

produce a literary work

From this reading No one, least of all one living in Keats's circle, could well attempt stage criticism at this time without trying to write like Hazlitt.

wroteverbUS /roʊt/

inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

YorknounUS /jɔːrk/

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

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

youngadjectiveUS /jʌŋ/

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

From this reading J. H. Reynolds had gone to Exeter for a Christmas holiday, and Keats, acting as his substitute, wrote four dramatic criticisms for the _Champion_: the first, printed on December 21, on Kean in general and his re-appearance as Richard III in particular; a second on a hash of the three parts of Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ produced under the title _Richard Duke of York_, with Kean in the name-part and probably Kean also as compiler; a third on a tragedy of small account by one Dillon, called _Retribution_, or the _Chieftain's Daughter_, in which the young Macready played the part of the villain; and a fourth on a pantomime of _Don Giovanni_.

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