Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

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From this reading 1821.

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From this reading "Ravenna, May 25.

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

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

expressing offensive reproach

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

in the past

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

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

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

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

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

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

From this reading Were it not for two letters from Douglas Kinnaird, I should have been as ignorant as you are negligent.

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

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

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

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

the past participle of “be”

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

earlier than; in front of

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

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From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

reason by deduction; establish by deduction

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)

From this reading Were it not for two letters from Douglas Kinnaird, I should have been as ignorant as you are negligent.

closed in or surrounded or included within

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

the experiencing of affective and emotional states

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

a boy or man

From this reading You SHABBY fellow!!!

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

lacking orderly continuity

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

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From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

plural of “german” — a person of German nationality

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

the act of departing

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

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

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

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

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

-ing form of “hate” — dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication

From this reading Were it not for two letters from Douglas Kinnaird, I should have been as ignorant as you are negligent.

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

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

a message received and understood

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Were it not for two letters from Douglas Kinnaird, I should have been as ignorant as you are negligent.

a native or inhabitant of Italy

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

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From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

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From this reading Were it not for two letters from Douglas Kinnaird, I should have been as ignorant as you are negligent.

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

go away from a place

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

the literary culture

From this reading Were it not for two letters from Douglas Kinnaird, I should have been as ignorant as you are negligent.

a formation of people or things one beside another

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading "Ravenna, May 25.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

a form of address for a man

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern

From this reading Were it not for two letters from Douglas Kinnaird, I should have been as ignorant as you are negligent.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

plural of “one” — the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

participate in games or sport

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

a battle between the French and an alliance of Spaniards and Swiss and Venetians in 1512

From this reading "Ravenna, May 25.

showing signs of wear and tear

From this reading You SHABBY fellow!!!

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

from a time in the past until now

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

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

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

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

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

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

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

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

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

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

From this reading Were it not for two letters from Douglas Kinnaird, I should have been as ignorant as you are negligent.

an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

a formal word for “on”

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

any period of seven consecutive days

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

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

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

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

From this reading Were it not for two letters from Douglas Kinnaird, I should have been as ignorant as you are negligent.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

during the time that

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Mr. Moray, "Since I wrote the enclosed a week ago, and for some weeks before, I have not had a line from you: now, I should be glad to know upon what principle of common or _un_common feeling, you leave me without any information but what I derive from garbled gazettes in English, and abusive ones in Italian (the Germans hating me as a _coal-heaver_), while all this kick-up has been going on about the play?