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

Chapter XIV

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SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.
On the first of September, within a fortnight of Keats's return from the North, appeared the threatened attack on him in Blackwood's _Edinburgh Magazine_.
Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.
The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.
The Tory rival, the _Quarterly_, was owned and published also by a Scotsman, but a Scotsman migrated to London, John Murray.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

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

Chapter XIV

Chapter 14 of Life of John Keats — His Life and Poetry, His Friends is here in full — 286 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.
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On the first of September, within a fortnight of Keats's return from the North, appeared the threatened attack on him in Blackwood's _Edinburgh Magazine_.
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Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.
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The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.
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The Tory rival, the _Quarterly_, was owned and published also by a Scotsman, but a Scotsman migrated to London, John Murray.
/ðə ˈtɔːri ˈraɪvəl ðə ˈkwɔːrtərli wɑːz oʊnd ənd ˈpʌblɪʃt ˈɔːlsoʊ baɪ ə ˈskɑːtsmən bʌt ə ˈskɑːtsmən ˈmaɪɡreɪtɪd tuː ˈlʌndən dʒɑːn ˈmɜːri/

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ascendency noun US /əˈsendənsi/

the state that exists when one person or group has power over another

From this reading “The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.”

blackwood noun US /ˈblækwʊd/

very dark wood of any of several blackwood trees

From this reading “SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.”

excesses noun US /ˌekˈsesɪz/

plural of “excess” — a quantity much larger than is needed

From this reading “SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.”

inconsistency noun US /ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənsi/

the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time

From this reading “SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.”

migrated verb US /ˈmaɪɡreɪtɪd/

past form of “migrate” — move from one country or region to another and settle there

From this reading “The Tory rival, the _Quarterly_, was owned and published also by a Scotsman, but a Scotsman migrated to London, John Murray.”

Partisan noun US /ˈpɑːrtəzən/

a fervent and even militant proponent of something

From this reading “SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.”

Scotsman noun US /ˈskɑːtsmən/

a native or inhabitant of Scotland

From this reading “The Tory rival, the _Quarterly_, was owned and published also by a Scotsman, but a Scotsman migrated to London, John Murray.”

Scott's noun US /skɑːts/

possessive form of “scott” — award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)

From this reading “SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.”

Word partnerships in these lines

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Three months noun + noun counted as “three month”

In this reading “SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.”

within a fortnight preposition + article + noun counted as “within … fortnight”

In this reading “On the first of September, within a fortnight of Keats's return from the North, appeared the threatened attack on him in Blackwood's _Edinburgh Magazine_.”

by means preposition + noun

In this reading “The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.”

from the North preposition + article + noun counted as “from … north”

In this reading “On the first of September, within a fortnight of Keats's return from the North, appeared the threatened attack on him in Blackwood's _Edinburgh Magazine_.”

in politics preposition + noun

In this reading “The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.”

return from verb + particle

In this reading “On the first of September, within a fortnight of Keats's return from the North, appeared the threatened attack on him in Blackwood's _Edinburgh Magazine_.”

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1818

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From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

AdeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

accuratelyadverbUS /ˈækjərətli/

with few mistakes

From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

alsoadverbUS /ˈɔːlsoʊ/

in addition

From this reading The Tory rival, the _Quarterly_, was owned and published also by a Scotsman, but a Scotsman migrated to London, John Murray.

AmericanounUS /əˈmerəkə/

North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

appearedverbUS /əˈpɪrd/

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

From this reading On the first of September, within a fortnight of Keats's return from the North, appeared the threatened attack on him in Blackwood's _Edinburgh Magazine_.

Archibald

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From this reading The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.

articlesnounUS /ˈɑːrtəkəlz/

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

From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

ascendencynounUS /əˈsendənsi/

the state that exists when one person or group has power over another

From this reading The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.

attacknounUS /əˈtæk/

(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

BaileynounUS /ˈbeɪli/

United States singer (1918-1990)

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

BLACKWOODnounUS /ˈblækwʊd/

very dark wood of any of several blackwood trees

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

Blackwood's

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From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The Tory rival, the _Quarterly_, was owned and published also by a Scotsman, but a Scotsman migrated to London, John Murray.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

Chaldeenoun

a wise man skilled in occult learning

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

CockneynounUS /ˈkɑːkni/

a native of the east end of London

From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

composurenounUS /kəmˈpoʊʒər/

steadiness of mind under stress

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

ConstablenounUS /ˈkɑːnstəbəl/

a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff

From this reading The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.

criticsnounUS /ˈkrɪtɪks/

plural of “critic” — a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

DeathnounUS /deθ/

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

DreadnounUS /dred/

fearful expectation or anticipation

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

EdinburghnounUS /ˈedənbəroʊ/

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

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

editedadjectiveUS /ˈedətəd/

improved or corrected by critical editing

From this reading The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.

effectnounUS /ɪˈfekt/

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

effectsnounUS /ɪˈfekts/

property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

Endymion

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From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

excessesnounUS /ˌekˈsesɪz/

plural of “excess” — a quantity much larger than is needed

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

extremis

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From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

fairlyadverbUS /ˈferli/

to certain extent or degree

From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.

fortnightnounUS /ˈfɔːrtnaɪt/

a period of fourteen consecutive days

From this reading On the first of September, within a fortnight of Keats's return from the North, appeared the threatened attack on him in Blackwood's _Edinburgh Magazine_.

friendsnounUS /frendz/

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

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading On the first of September, within a fortnight of Keats's return from the North, appeared the threatened attack on him in Blackwood's _Edinburgh Magazine_.

fulladjectiveUS /fʊl/

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.

generationnounUS /ˌdʒenərˈeɪʃən/

all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

From this reading The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

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

From this reading The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.

halfadjectiveUS /hæf/

consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

From this reading The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.

handnounUS /hænd/

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

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

From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

heldadjectiveUS /held/

occupied or in the control of; often used in combination

From this reading The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

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

From this reading On the first of September, within a fortnight of Keats's return from the North, appeared the threatened attack on him in Blackwood's _Edinburgh Magazine_.

historynounUS /ˈhɪstəri/

the aggregate of past events

From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

HuntverbUS /hʌnt/

pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

inconsistencynounUS /ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənsi/

the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

IndignantadjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈdɪɡnənt/

angered at something unjust or wrong

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

Jeffrey

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From this reading The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.

JohnnounUS /dʒɑːn/

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading The Tory rival, the _Quarterly_, was owned and published also by a Scotsman, but a Scotsman migrated to London, John Murray.

Journal-letter

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From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

KeatsnounUS /kiːts/

Englishman and romantic poet (1795-1821)

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

Keats's

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From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

knowledgenounUS /ˈnɑːlədʒ/

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

LeighnounUS /liː/

English film actress (1913-1967)

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

lessonnounUS /ˈlesən/

a unit of instruction

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

lettersnounUS /ˈletərz/

the literary culture

From this reading The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.

lightadjectiveUS /laɪt/

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

literaturenounUS /ˈlɪtərətʃər/

creative writing of recognized artistic value

From this reading The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.

Lockhart

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From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

Lockhart's

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From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

LondonnounUS /ˈlʌndən/

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

From this reading The Tory rival, the _Quarterly_, was owned and published also by a Scotsman, but a Scotsman migrated to London, John Murray.

lovenounUS /lʌv/

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

MagazinenounUS /ˈmæɡəziːn/

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

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

ManuscriptnounUS /ˈmæn.jə.skrɪpt/

A book, document, or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed.

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

MarksnounUS /mɑːrks/

English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964)

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

marriagenounUS /ˈmerɪdʒ/

the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

meansnounUS /miːnz/

thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end

From this reading The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.

migratedverbUS /ˈmaɪɡreɪtɪd/

past form of “migrate” — move from one country or region to another and settle there

From this reading The Tory rival, the _Quarterly_, was owned and published also by a Scotsman, but a Scotsman migrated to London, John Murray.

monthsnounUS /mʌnθs/

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

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

MuchadverbUS /mʌtʃ/

to a great degree or extent

From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

MurraynounUS /ˈmɜːri/

British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957)

From this reading The Tory rival, the _Quarterly_, was owned and published also by a Scotsman, but a Scotsman migrated to London, John Murray.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

NorthnounUS /nɔːrθ/

the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading On the first of September, within a fortnight of Keats's return from the North, appeared the threatened attack on him in Blackwood's _Edinburgh Magazine_.

numbernounUS /ˈnʌmbər/

the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

ownedadjectiveUS /oʊnd/

having an owner; often used in combination

From this reading The Tory rival, the _Quarterly_, was owned and published also by a Scotsman, but a Scotsman migrated to London, John Murray.

papersnounUS /ˈpeɪpərz/

writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

PartisannounUS /ˈpɑːrtəzən/

a fervent and even militant proponent of something

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

partynounUS /ˈpɑːrti/

an organization to gain political power

From this reading The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.

periodicalnounUS /ˌpɪriˈɑːdɪkəl/

a publication that appears at fixed intervals

From this reading The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.

politicsnounUS /ˈpɑːlətɪks/

social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power

From this reading The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.

presentverbUS /ˈprezənt/

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

publishedadjectiveUS /ˈpʌblɪʃt/

prepared and printed for distribution and sale

From this reading The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.

QUARTERLYadjectiveUS /ˈkwɔːrtərli/

of or relating to or consisting of a quarter

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

requiresverbUS /riˈkwaɪərz/

third-person singular of “require” — require as useful, just, or proper

From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

retold

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From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

returnverbUS /rɪˈtɜːrn/

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

From this reading On the first of September, within a fortnight of Keats's return from the North, appeared the threatened attack on him in Blackwood's _Edinburgh Magazine_.

ReviewnounUS /ˌriːˈvjuː/

a new appraisal or evaluation

From this reading The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.

ReynoldsnounUS /ˈrenəldz/

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

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

rivalverbUS /ˈraɪvəl/

be equal to in quality or ability

From this reading The Tory rival, the _Quarterly_, was owned and published also by a Scotsman, but a Scotsman migrated to London, John Murray.

saidadjectiveUS /sed/

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

SchoolnounUS /skuːl/

an educational institution

From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

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 The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.

ScotsmannounUS /ˈskɑːtsmən/

a native or inhabitant of Scotland

From this reading The Tory rival, the _Quarterly_, was owned and published also by a Scotsman, but a Scotsman migrated to London, John Murray.

ScottnounUS /skɑːt/

award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

Scott'snounUS /skɑːts/

possessive form of “scott” — award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

SeptembernounUS /sepˈtembər/

the month following August and preceding October

From this reading On the first of September, within a fortnight of Keats's return from the North, appeared the threatened attack on him in Blackwood's _Edinburgh Magazine_.

SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER

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From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

sick-bed

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From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

storynounUS /ˈstɔːri/

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

From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

SubsequentadjectiveUS /ˈsʌbsəkwənt/

following in time or order

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

tasknounUS /tæsk/

any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

TaylornounUS /ˈteɪlər/

United States composer and music critic (1885-1966)

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.

threatenedadjectiveUS /ˈθretənd/

(of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered

From this reading On the first of September, within a fortnight of Keats's return from the North, appeared the threatened attack on him in Blackwood's _Edinburgh Magazine_.

ThreenounUS /θriː/

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

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

timenounUS /taɪm/

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

TomnounUS /tɑːm/

male cat

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

TorynounUS /ˈtɔːri/

an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution

From this reading The Tory rival, the _Quarterly_, was owned and published also by a Scotsman, but a Scotsman migrated to London, John Murray.

underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

Virulences

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From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

WalternounUS /ˈwɔːltər/

German conductor (1876-1962)

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

warningnounUS /ˈwɔːrnɪŋ/

a message informing of danger

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading The Tory rival, the _Quarterly_, was owned and published also by a Scotsman, but a Scotsman migrated to London, John Murray.

WhignounUS /wɪɡ/

a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories

From this reading The Whig party in politics and letters had held full ascendency for half a generation in the periodical literature of Scotland by means of the _Edinburgh Review_, published by Archibald Constable and edited at this time by Jeffrey.

WildadjectiveUS /waɪld/

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading On the first of September, within a fortnight of Keats's return from the North, appeared the threatened attack on him in Blackwood's _Edinburgh Magazine_.

Woodhouse

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From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

writtenadjectiveUS /ˈrɪtən/

set down in writing in any of various ways

From this reading Much as has been said and written on the history and effect of the 'Cockney School' articles, my task requires that the story should be retold, as accurately and fairly as may be, in the light of our present knowledge.

ZnounUS /ziː/

the ending of a series or sequence

From this reading SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: _BLACKWOOD_ AND THE _QUARTERLY_ _Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine_--Partisan excesses--Wild inconsistency--Virulences of first number--The 'Z' papers and Leigh Hunt--Blackwood and Walter Scott--_The Chaldee Manuscript_--Scott's warning to Lockhart--Lockhart and Keats--'Z' on _Endymion_--A lesson to critics--Marks of Lockhart's hand--The Quarterly on _Endymion_--Indignant friends: Bailey--Reynolds--Woodhouse and Taylor--Keats's composure under attack--Subsequent effects--Tom Keats _in extremis_--Three months by the sick-bed--First Journal-letter to America--Dread of love and marriage--Death of Tom Keats.

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