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From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
1818
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From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
1819
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From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
accommodationnounUS /əˌkɑːməˈdeɪʃən/
making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
(followed by “to”) in agreement with or accordant with
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Dilke and Brown, as has been said already, had built for themselves a joint block of two houses in a garden near the bottom of John Street, Hampstead, and had called the property Wentworth Place, after a name hereditary in the Dilke family.
anew
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
Agnes
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From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading Dilke and Brown, as has been said already, had built for themselves a joint block of two houses in a garden near the bottom of John Street, Hampstead, and had called the property Wentworth Place, after a name hereditary in the Dilke family.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
arrangementnounUS /ərˈeɪndʒmənt/
the thing arranged or agreed to
From this reading The arrangement with Keats was that he should share household expenses, occupying the front sitting-room for the sake of quiet at his work.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Dilke and Brown, as has been said already, had built for themselves a joint block of two houses in a garden near the bottom of John Street, Hampstead, and had called the property Wentworth Place, after a name hereditary in the Dilke family.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The arrangement with Keats was that he should share household expenses, occupying the front sitting-room for the sake of quiet at his work.
bachelornounUS /ˈbætʃələr/
a man who has never been married
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
Bailey'snounUS /ˈbeɪliz/
possessive form of “bailey” — United States singer (1918-1990)
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
a room used primarily for sleeping
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Dilke and Brown, as has been said already, had built for themselves a joint block of two houses in a garden near the bottom of John Street, Hampstead, and had called the property Wentworth Place, after a name hereditary in the Dilke family.
BellenounUS /bel/
a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
blocknounUS /blɑːk/
a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
From this reading Dilke and Brown, as has been said already, had built for themselves a joint block of two houses in a garden near the bottom of John Street, Hampstead, and had called the property Wentworth Place, after a name hereditary in the Dilke family.
the lower side of anything
From this reading Dilke and Brown, as has been said already, had built for themselves a joint block of two houses in a garden near the bottom of John Street, Hampstead, and had called the property Wentworth Place, after a name hereditary in the Dilke family.
BRAWNE
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From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
Brown'snounUS /braʊnz/
possessive form of “brown” — an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
(used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness
From this reading Dilke and Brown, as has been said already, had built for themselves a joint block of two houses in a garden near the bottom of John Street, Hampstead, and had called the property Wentworth Place, after a name hereditary in the Dilke family.
butcherverbUS /ˈbʊtʃər/
kill (animals) usually for food consumption
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Dilke and Brown, as has been said already, had built for themselves a joint block of two houses in a garden near the bottom of John Street, Hampstead, and had called the property Wentworth Place, after a name hereditary in the Dilke family.
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
claretnoun
a dark purplish-red color
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
ColeridgenounUS /ˈkoʊlrɪdʒ/
English romantic poet (1772-1834)
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
confidentialadjectiveUS /ˌkɑːnfəˈdenʃəl/
entrusted with private information and the confidence of another
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
cosmicadjectiveUS /ˈkɑːzmɪk/
of or from or pertaining to or characteristic of the cosmos or universe
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
cribnounUS /krɪb/
baby bed with high sides made of slats
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
DamenounUS /deɪm/
informal terms for a (young) woman
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
the specified day of the month
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
DECEMBERnounUS /dɪˈsembər/
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
the act of departing
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
Dilke
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From this reading Dilke and Brown, as has been said already, had built for themselves a joint block of two houses in a garden near the bottom of John Street, Hampstead, and had called the property Wentworth Place, after a name hereditary in the Dilke family.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His move to his new quarters does not seem to have been quite so immediate as Brown represents it.
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
enslavementnounUS /enˈsleɪvmənt/
the state of being a slave
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
ethicaladjectiveUS /ˈeθɪkəl/
of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
expensesnounUS /ɪkˈspensəz/
plural of “expense” — amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
From this reading The arrangement with Keats was that he should share household expenses, occupying the front sitting-room for the sake of quiet at his work.
the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
a social unit living together
From this reading Dilke and Brown, as has been said already, had built for themselves a joint block of two houses in a garden near the bottom of John Street, Hampstead, and had called the property Wentworth Place, after a name hereditary in the Dilke family.
FANNYnounUS /ˈfæni/
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
formingverbUS /ˈfɔːrmɪŋ/
-ing form of “form” — create (as an entity)
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
fruitfuladjectiveUS /ˈfruːtfəl/
productive or conducive to producing in abundance
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading Dilke and Brown, as has been said already, had built for themselves a joint block of two houses in a garden near the bottom of John Street, Hampstead, and had called the property Wentworth Place, after a name hereditary in the Dilke family.
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Dilke and Brown, as has been said already, had built for themselves a joint block of two houses in a garden near the bottom of John Street, Hampstead, and had called the property Wentworth Place, after a name hereditary in the Dilke family.
HampshirenounUS /ˈhæmpʃər/
a county of southern England on the English Channel
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
Hampstead
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From this reading Dilke and Brown, as has been said already, had built for themselves a joint block of two houses in a garden near the bottom of John Street, Hampstead, and had called the property Wentworth Place, after a name hereditary in the Dilke family.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Dilke and Brown, as has been said already, had built for themselves a joint block of two houses in a garden near the bottom of John Street, Hampstead, and had called the property Wentworth Place, after a name hereditary in the Dilke family.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading His move to his new quarters does not seem to have been quite so immediate as Brown represents it.
Haydon
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From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The arrangement with Keats was that he should share household expenses, occupying the front sitting-room for the sake of quiet at his work.
hereditaryadjectiveUS /hərˈedəteri/
occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
From this reading Dilke and Brown, as has been said already, had built for themselves a joint block of two houses in a garden near the bottom of John Street, Hampstead, and had called the property Wentworth Place, after a name hereditary in the Dilke family.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
a social unit living together
From this reading The arrangement with Keats was that he should share household expenses, occupying the front sitting-room for the sake of quiet at his work.
HOUSEMATES
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From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
plural of “house” — a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Dilke and Brown, as has been said already, had built for themselves a joint block of two houses in a garden near the bottom of John Street, Hampstead, and had called the property Wentworth Place, after a name hereditary in the Dilke family.
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
HyperionnounUS /haɪˈpɪriən/
(Greek mythology) a Titan who was the son of Gaea and Uranus and the father of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
IDLENESSnounUS /ˈaɪdəlnəs/
having no employment
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
of the present time and place
From this reading His move to his new quarters does not seem to have been quite so immediate as Brown represents it.
impressionsnounUS /ˌɪmˈpreʃənz/
plural of “impression” — a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Dilke and Brown, as has been said already, had built for themselves a joint block of two houses in a garden near the bottom of John Street, Hampstead, and had called the property Wentworth Place, after a name hereditary in the Dilke family.
includedadjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈkluːdəd/
enclosed in the same envelope or package
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
IndecisionnounUS /ˌɪndɪˈsɪʒən/
doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
insatiableadjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈseɪʃəbəl/
impossible to satisfy
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading His move to his new quarters does not seem to have been quite so immediate as Brown represents it.
jealousynounUS /ˈdʒeləsi/
a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading Dilke and Brown, as has been said already, had built for themselves a joint block of two houses in a garden near the bottom of John Street, Hampstead, and had called the property Wentworth Place, after a name hereditary in the Dilke family.
jointnounUS /dʒɔɪnt/
(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
From this reading Dilke and Brown, as has been said already, had built for themselves a joint block of two houses in a garden near the bottom of John Street, Hampstead, and had called the property Wentworth Place, after a name hereditary in the Dilke family.
the month following May and preceding July
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
KEATSnounUS /kiːts/
Englishman and romantic poet (1795-1821)
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
LambnounUS /læm/
young sheep
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
languornoun
a relaxed comfortable feeling
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
large or big relative to something else
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
the literary culture
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
love-affairs
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From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
a formally arranged gathering
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
Merci
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From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
past form of “mingle” — to bring or combine together or with something else
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
MissesnounUS /ˈmɪsəz/
plural of “miss” — a young female
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading His move to his new quarters does not seem to have been quite so immediate as Brown represents it.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Dilke and Brown, as has been said already, had built for themselves a joint block of two houses in a garden near the bottom of John Street, Hampstead, and had called the property Wentworth Place, after a name hereditary in the Dilke family.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading Dilke and Brown, as has been said already, had built for themselves a joint block of two houses in a garden near the bottom of John Street, Hampstead, and had called the property Wentworth Place, after a name hereditary in the Dilke family.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading His move to his new quarters does not seem to have been quite so immediate as Brown represents it.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading His move to his new quarters does not seem to have been quite so immediate as Brown represents it.
held or filled or in use
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
occupyingverbUS /ˈɑːkjəpaɪɪŋ/
-ing form of “occupy” — keep busy with
From this reading The arrangement with Keats was that he should share household expenses, occupying the front sitting-room for the sake of quiet at his work.
OdenounUS /oʊd/
a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
OdesnounUS /oʊdz/
plural of “ode” — a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
PorternounUS /ˈpɔːrtər/
a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
an expression of approval and commendation
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone
From this reading Dilke and Brown, as has been said already, had built for themselves a joint block of two houses in a garden near the bottom of John Street, Hampstead, and had called the property Wentworth Place, after a name hereditary in the Dilke family.
punningnoun
a humorous play on words
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
housing available for people to live in
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
quietadjectiveUS /ˈkwaɪət/
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading The arrangement with Keats was that he should share household expenses, occupying the front sitting-room for the sake of quiet at his work.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading His move to his new quarters does not seem to have been quite so immediate as Brown represents it.
quotedverbUS /ˈkwoʊtɪd/
past form of “quote” — repeat a passage from
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
ReflectionsnounUS /rɪˈflekʃənz/
plural of “reflection” — a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
RemovalnounUS /rɪˈmuːvəl/
the act of removing
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
representsverbUS /ˌreprɪˈzents/
third-person singular of “represent” — take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
From this reading His move to his new quarters does not seem to have been quite so immediate as Brown represents it.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
reviewnounUS /ˌriːˈvjuː/
a new appraisal or evaluation
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
precisely, exactly
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
sagenounUS /seɪdʒ/
a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Dilke and Brown, as has been said already, had built for themselves a joint block of two houses in a garden near the bottom of John Street, Hampstead, and had called the property Wentworth Place, after a name hereditary in the Dilke family.
a reason for wanting something done
From this reading The arrangement with Keats was that he should share household expenses, occupying the front sitting-room for the sake of quiet at his work.
Identical; not different.
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
Sans
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From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
satellitesnounUS /ˈsætəlaɪts/
plural of “satellite” — man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading His move to his new quarters does not seem to have been quite so immediate as Brown represents it.
Severn's
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From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
Shanklin
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From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
have in common
From this reading The arrangement with Keats was that he should share household expenses, occupying the front sitting-room for the sake of quiet at his work.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading The arrangement with Keats was that he should share household expenses, occupying the front sitting-room for the sake of quiet at his work.
sitting-room
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From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
small or little relative to something else
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading His move to his new quarters does not seem to have been quite so immediate as Brown represents it.
Sonnet-confessions
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From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
SonnetsnounUS /ˈsɑːnɪts/
plural of “sonnet” — a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
refrain from harming
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
St
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From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
having a supporting base
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading Dilke and Brown, as has been said already, had built for themselves a joint block of two houses in a garden near the bottom of John Street, Hampstead, and had called the property Wentworth Place, after a name hereditary in the Dilke family.
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
tactfuladjectiveUS /ˈtæktfəl/
having or showing a sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The arrangement with Keats was that he should share household expenses, occupying the front sitting-room for the sake of quiet at his work.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Dilke and Brown, as has been said already, had built for themselves a joint block of two houses in a garden near the bottom of John Street, Hampstead, and had called the property Wentworth Place, after a name hereditary in the Dilke family.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
versionnounUS /ˈvɜːrʒən/
an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
Wentworth
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From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
in or at the place that
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
which person or people
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Dilke and his wife occupied the larger of the two houses forming the block, and Brown, who was a bachelor, the smaller house, standing to the west.[1] The accommodation in Brown's quarters included a front and back sitting-room on the ground floor, with a front and back bedroom over them, and a small spare bedroom or 'crib' where a bachelor guest could be put up for the night.
in the company of; together with
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.
yarnnounUS /jɑːrn/
the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
From this reading DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSEMATES: FANNY BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS Removal to Wentworth Place--Work on _Hyperion_--The insatiable Haydon--The Misses Porter--A mingled yarn--Charles Lamb and punning--Hunt and his satellites--Fanny Brawne--A sudden enslavement--Severn's impressions--Visit to Hampshire--_The Eve of St. Agnes_--Return and engagement--Ode to Fanny--Love and jealousy--Haydon again--Letters to Fanny Keats--Two months' idleness--Praise of claret--Bailey's love-affairs--Fit of languor--Fight with a butcher--Sonnet-confessions--Reflections ethical and cosmic--Meeting with Coleridge--The same according to the sage--A tactful review--Sonnets on fame--_La Belle Dame Sans Merci_--The right version quoted--The five Odes--Their date and order--A fruitful May--Indecision and anxiety--A confidential letter--Departure for Shanklin.