Chapter XVI

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From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

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From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

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From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

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

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

higher than, or over, something

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance

From this reading Rice's health was at this time worse than ever, and Keats himself was far from well; his throat chronically sore, his nerves unstrung, his heart, in despite of distance, knowing little rest from agitation between the pains and joys of love.

somewhat ill or prone to illness

From this reading As long as Rice and he were alone together at Shanklin, the two ailing and anxious men, fast friends as they were, depressed and did each other harm.

Having no one else present.

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

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

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

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

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

eagerly desirous

From this reading As long as Rice and he were alone together at Shanklin, the two ailing and anxious men, fast friends as they were, depressed and did each other harm.

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

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

the event consisting of the start of something

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading Rice's health was at this time worse than ever, and Keats himself was far from well; his throat chronically sore, his nerves unstrung, his heart, in despite of distance, knowing little rest from agitation between the pains and joys of love.

a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

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From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

a male with the same parents as someone else

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

an orange of low brightness and saturation

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

possessive form of “burton” — English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

inflected form of “choose” — pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

in a habitual and longstanding manner

From this reading Rice's health was at this time worse than ever, and Keats himself was far from well; his throat chronically sore, his nerves unstrung, his heart, in despite of distance, knowing little rest from agitation between the pains and joys of love.

a steep high face of rock

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

the modern Greek port near the site of the ancient city that was second only to Athens

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

plural of “cry” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

lower than previously

From this reading As long as Rice and he were alone together at Shanklin, the two ailing and anxious men, fast friends as they were, depressed and did each other harm.

although something is true; in spite of

From this reading Rice's health was at this time worse than ever, and Keats himself was far from well; his throat chronically sore, his nerves unstrung, his heart, in despite of distance, knowing little rest from agitation between the pains and joys of love.

feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading As long as Rice and he were alone together at Shanklin, the two ailing and anxious men, fast friends as they were, depressed and did each other harm.

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From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

the property created by the space between two objects or points

From this reading Rice's health was at this time worse than ever, and Keats himself was far from well; his throat chronically sore, his nerves unstrung, his heart, in despite of distance, knowing little rest from agitation between the pains and joys of love.

manner of acting or controlling yourself

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

the outstanding poet and dramatist of the Restoration (1631-1700)

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading As long as Rice and he were alone together at Shanklin, the two ailing and anxious men, fast friends as they were, depressed and did each other harm.

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From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

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

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

at any time

From this reading Rice's health was at this time worse than ever, and Keats himself was far from well; his throat chronically sore, his nerves unstrung, his heart, in despite of distance, knowing little rest from agitation between the pains and joys of love.

plural of “exaggeration” — extravagant exaggeration

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

an act that fails

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading Rice's health was at this time worse than ever, and Keats himself was far from well; his throat chronically sore, his nerves unstrung, his heart, in despite of distance, knowing little rest from agitation between the pains and joys of love.

quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)

From this reading As long as Rice and he were alone together at Shanklin, the two ailing and anxious men, fast friends as they were, depressed and did each other harm.

being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

set up or found

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

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

From this reading As long as Rice and he were alone together at Shanklin, the two ailing and anxious men, fast friends as they were, depressed and did each other harm.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

yet to be or coming

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

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

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

an artful or simulated semblance

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

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

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

From this reading As long as Rice and he were alone together at Shanklin, the two ailing and anxious men, fast friends as they were, depressed and did each other harm.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

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

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

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

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading Rice's health was at this time worse than ever, and Keats himself was far from well; his throat chronically sore, his nerves unstrung, his heart, in despite of distance, knowing little rest from agitation between the pains and joys of love.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

ostentatious or vainglorious or extravagant or melodramatic conduct

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

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

From this reading Rice's health was at this time worse than ever, and Keats himself was far from well; his throat chronically sore, his nerves unstrung, his heart, in despite of distance, knowing little rest from agitation between the pains and joys of love.

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

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

plural of “hope” — a specific instance of feeling hopeful

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

past form of “imagine” — form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

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

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

in place of, or as an alternative to

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

plural of “joy” — the emotion of great happiness

From this reading Rice's health was at this time worse than ever, and Keats himself was far from well; his throat chronically sore, his nerves unstrung, his heart, in despite of distance, knowing little rest from agitation between the pains and joys of love.

the month following May and preceding July

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

Englishman and romantic poet (1795-1821)

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

evidencing the possession of inside information

From this reading Rice's health was at this time worse than ever, and Keats himself was far from well; his throat chronically sore, his nerves unstrung, his heart, in despite of distance, knowing little rest from agitation between the pains and joys of love.

(folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

immediately past

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

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

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

the literary culture

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

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

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

structures collectively in which people are housed

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading As long as Rice and he were alone together at Shanklin, the two ailing and anxious men, fast friends as they were, depressed and did each other harm.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading Rice's health was at this time worse than ever, and Keats himself was far from well; his throat chronically sore, his nerves unstrung, his heart, in despite of distance, knowing little rest from agitation between the pains and joys of love.

a person who loves someone or is loved by someone

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

a feeling of thoughtful sadness

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

the force of workers available

From this reading As long as Rice and he were alone together at Shanklin, the two ailing and anxious men, fast friends as they were, depressed and did each other harm.

a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

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

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

an uneasy psychological state

From this reading Rice's health was at this time worse than ever, and Keats himself was far from well; his throat chronically sore, his nerves unstrung, his heart, in despite of distance, knowing little rest from agitation between the pains and joys of love.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

information about recent and important events

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

many times at short intervals

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

and nothing more

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading As long as Rice and he were alone together at Shanklin, the two ailing and anxious men, fast friends as they were, depressed and did each other harm.

French pope from 1088 to 1099 whose sermons called for the First Crusade (1042-1099)

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

an effortful attempt to attain a goal

From this reading Rice's health was at this time worse than ever, and Keats himself was far from well; his throat chronically sore, his nerves unstrung, his heart, in despite of distance, knowing little rest from agitation between the pains and joys of love.

a strong feeling or emotion

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

an agreeable or amusing remark

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

of or relating to poetry

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

exert pressure or force to or upon

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

in accordance with truth or fact or reality

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

plural of “resolution” — a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

not move; be in a resting position

From this reading Rice's health was at this time worse than ever, and Keats himself was far from well; his throat chronically sore, his nerves unstrung, his heart, in despite of distance, knowing little rest from agitation between the pains and joys of love.

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

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

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

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

possessive form of “rice” — grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished

From this reading Rice's health was at this time worse than ever, and Keats himself was far from well; his throat chronically sore, his nerves unstrung, his heart, in despite of distance, knowing little rest from agitation between the pains and joys of love.

covered with frost

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

a relationship between two lovers

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

plural of “scheme” — an elaborate and systematic plan of action

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

established or decided beyond dispute or doubt

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

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

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

plural of “sign” — a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

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

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

hurting

From this reading Rice's health was at this time worse than ever, and Keats himself was far from well; his throat chronically sore, his nerves unstrung, his heart, in despite of distance, knowing little rest from agitation between the pains and joys of love.

displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

exchange thoughts; talk with

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

plural of “task” — any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

a solemn statement made under oath

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading Rice's health was at this time worse than ever, and Keats himself was far from well; his throat chronically sore, his nerves unstrung, his heart, in despite of distance, knowing little rest from agitation between the pains and joys of love.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

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

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

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

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading As long as Rice and he were alone together at Shanklin, the two ailing and anxious men, fast friends as they were, depressed and did each other harm.

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

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

The passage at the back of the mouth.

From this reading Rice's health was at this time worse than ever, and Keats himself was far from well; his throat chronically sore, his nerves unstrung, his heart, in despite of distance, knowing little rest from agitation between the pains and joys of love.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

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

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

in contact with each other or in proximity

From this reading As long as Rice and he were alone together at Shanklin, the two ailing and anxious men, fast friends as they were, depressed and did each other harm.

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

a source of difficulty

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

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

From this reading As long as Rice and he were alone together at Shanklin, the two ailing and anxious men, fast friends as they were, depressed and did each other harm.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

emotionally upset

From this reading Rice's health was at this time worse than ever, and Keats himself was far from well; his throat chronically sore, his nerves unstrung, his heart, in despite of distance, knowing little rest from agitation between the pains and joys of love.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

a community of people smaller than a town

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

go to see a place, as for entertainment

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

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

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

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

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

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

From this reading Rice's health was at this time worse than ever, and Keats himself was far from well; his throat chronically sore, his nerves unstrung, his heart, in despite of distance, knowing little rest from agitation between the pains and joys of love.

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

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

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

From this reading As long as Rice and he were alone together at Shanklin, the two ailing and anxious men, fast friends as they were, depressed and did each other harm.

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

From this reading By the last days of June Keats was settled with Rice in the village of Shanklin, in a lodging above the cliff and a little way back from the sea,[1] and forthwith got to work upon a new poetical romance, _Lamia_, at which he seems to have made some beginning before he left Hampstead.

which person or people

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

a city in southern England; administrative center of Hampshire

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

in the company of; together with

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

possessive form of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading He found the subject, that of the enchantress of Corinth who under her woman's guise was really a serpent, in Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, a book in these days often in his hands, and for the form of his narrative chose rimed heroics, only this time leaning on Dryden as his model instead of the Elizabethans.

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From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE AND HEALTH FAILURE Work on _Otho_ and _Lamia_--Letters to Fanny Brawne--Keats as lover--An imagined future--Change to Winchester--Work and fine weather--Ill news from George--A run to town--A talk with Woodhouse--Woodhouse as critic--Alone at Winchester--Spirited letters: to his brother--To Reynolds, Brown, and Dilke--Hopes and resolutions--Will work for the press--Attempt and breakdown--Return to Wentworth Place--Morning and evening tasks--Cries of passion--Signs of despondency--Testimony of Brown--Haydon's exaggerations--Schemes and doings--Visit of George Keats--Pleasantry and bitterness--Beginning of the end.

(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability

From this reading Rice's health was at this time worse than ever, and Keats himself was far from well; his throat chronically sore, his nerves unstrung, his heart, in despite of distance, knowing little rest from agitation between the pains and joys of love.