18
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1898
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From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
1899
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From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
1903
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From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
1908
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From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
1909
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From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
1910
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From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
1911
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From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
1912
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From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
1913
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From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
1914
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From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
1916
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From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
1918
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From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
1919
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From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
1920
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From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
1921
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From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
1922
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From this reading “_I stay a little longer, as one stays_ _To cover up the embers that still burn_” First Impression, October, 1922 Second Impression, December, 1922 MRS.
31
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From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
9
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From this reading FIELDS _Frontispiece_ From an early photograph A NOTE OF ACCEPTANCE 9 Autograph of Julia Ward Howe AN EARLY PHOTOGRAPH OF DR.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
ACCEPTANCEnounUS /ækˈseptəns/
the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
From this reading FIELDS _Frontispiece_ From an early photograph A NOTE OF ACCEPTANCE 9 Autograph of Julia Ward Howe AN EARLY PHOTOGRAPH OF DR.
a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading FIELDS _Frontispiece_ From an early photograph A NOTE OF ACCEPTANCE 9 Autograph of Julia Ward Howe AN EARLY PHOTOGRAPH OF DR.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “_I stay a little longer, as one stays_ _To cover up the embers that still burn_” First Impression, October, 1922 Second Impression, December, 1922 MRS.
AtlanticnounUS /ətˈlæntɪk/
the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
AutographnounUS /ˈɔːtəɡræf/
something written by one's own hand
From this reading FIELDS _Frontispiece_ From an early photograph A NOTE OF ACCEPTANCE 9 Autograph of Julia Ward Howe AN EARLY PHOTOGRAPH OF DR.
Bancroft
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From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
BeaconnounUS /ˈbiːkən/
a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance
From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
BiographiesnounUS /baɪˈɑːɡrəfiz/
plural of “biography” — an account of the series of events making up a person's life
From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
Bookmen
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From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
BrooksnounUS /brʊks/
United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963)
From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
Brownell
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From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
To consume or be consumed by fire.
From this reading “_I stay a little longer, as one stays_ _To cover up the embers that still burn_” First Impression, October, 1922 Second Impression, December, 1922 MRS.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
CenturiesnounUS /ˈsentʃəriz/
plural of “century” — a period of 100 years
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
CommonwealthnounUS /ˈkɑːmənwelθ/
the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
provide with a covering or cause to be covered
From this reading “_I stay a little longer, as one stays_ _To cover up the embers that still burn_” First Impression, October, 1922 Second Impression, December, 1922 MRS.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
DecembernounUS /dɪˈsembər/
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading “_I stay a little longer, as one stays_ _To cover up the embers that still burn_” First Impression, October, 1922 Second Impression, December, 1922 MRS.
DR
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earlyadjectiveUS /ˈɜːrli/
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading FIELDS _Frontispiece_ From an early photograph A NOTE OF ACCEPTANCE 9 Autograph of Julia Ward Howe AN EARLY PHOTOGRAPH OF DR.
EliotnounUS /ˈeliət/
British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965)
From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
embersnounUS /ˈembərz/
plural of “ember” — a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
From this reading “_I stay a little longer, as one stays_ _To cover up the embers that still burn_” First Impression, October, 1922 Second Impression, December, 1922 MRS.
the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use “Europe” to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
FACSIMILEnounUS /fækˈsɪməli/
an exact copy or reproduction
From this reading HOLMES 18 REDUCED FACSIMILE OF DR.
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
From this reading FIELDS _Frontispiece_ From an early photograph A NOTE OF ACCEPTANCE 9 Autograph of Julia Ward Howe AN EARLY PHOTOGRAPH OF DR.
FirstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading “_I stay a little longer, as one stays_ _To cover up the embers that still burn_” First Impression, October, 1922 Second Impression, December, 1922 MRS.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
Frontispiecenoun
an ornamental facade
From this reading FIELDS _Frontispiece_ From an early photograph A NOTE OF ACCEPTANCE 9 Autograph of Julia Ward Howe AN EARLY PHOTOGRAPH OF DR.
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
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 American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
HarenounUS /her/
swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes
From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
HarvardnounUS /ˈhɑːrvərd/
a university in Massachusetts
From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
HOLMESnounUS /hoʊmz/
a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle
From this reading HOLMES 18 REDUCED FACSIMILE OF DR.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
HowardnounUS /ˈhaʊərd/
English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
HowenounUS /haʊ/
United States editor (1920-1993)
From this reading FIELDS _Frontispiece_ From an early photograph A NOTE OF ACCEPTANCE 9 Autograph of Julia Ward Howe AN EARLY PHOTOGRAPH OF DR.
HumaneadjectiveUS /hjuːˈmeɪn/
pertaining to or concerned with the humanities
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “_I stay a little longer, as one stays_ _To cover up the embers that still burn_” First Impression, October, 1922 Second Impression, December, 1922 MRS.
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
From this reading “_I stay a little longer, as one stays_ _To cover up the embers that still burn_” First Impression, October, 1922 Second Impression, December, 1922 MRS.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
Julia
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From this reading FIELDS _Frontispiece_ From an early photograph A NOTE OF ACCEPTANCE 9 Autograph of Julia Ward Howe AN EARLY PHOTOGRAPH OF DR.
LaborsnounUS /ˈleɪbərz/
plural of “labor” — a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
Lengerke
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From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
the literary culture
From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
LincolnnounUS /ˈlɪŋkən/
16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “_I stay a little longer, as one stays_ _To cover up the embers that still burn_” First Impression, October, 1922 Second Impression, December, 1922 MRS.
for more time
From this reading “_I stay a little longer, as one stays_ _To cover up the embers that still burn_” First Impression, October, 1922 Second Impression, December, 1922 MRS.
MakersnounUS /ˈmeɪkərz/
plural of “maker” — a person who makes things
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
MassachusettsnounUS /ˌmæsəˈtʃuːsəts/
a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
MemoirsnounUS /ˈmemwɑːrz/
plural of “memoir” — an account of the author's personal experiences
From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
Meyer
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From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
MonthlynounUS /ˈmʌnθli/
a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year)
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “_I stay a little longer, as one stays_ _To cover up the embers that still burn_” First Impression, October, 1922 Second Impression, December, 1922 MRS.
Norton
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From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
a brief written record
From this reading FIELDS _Frontispiece_ From an early photograph A NOTE OF ACCEPTANCE 9 Autograph of Julia Ward Howe AN EARLY PHOTOGRAPH OF DR.
OctobernounUS /ɑːkˈtoʊbər/
the month following September and preceding November
From this reading “_I stay a little longer, as one stays_ _To cover up the embers that still burn_” First Impression, October, 1922 Second Impression, December, 1922 MRS.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “_I stay a little longer, as one stays_ _To cover up the embers that still burn_” First Impression, October, 1922 Second Impression, December, 1922 MRS.
OrchestranounUS /ˈɔːrkəstrə/
a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
Phillips
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From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
photographverbUS /ˈfoʊtəɡræf/
record on photographic film
From this reading FIELDS _Frontispiece_ From an early photograph A NOTE OF ACCEPTANCE 9 Autograph of Julia Ward Howe AN EARLY PHOTOGRAPH OF DR.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
people in general considered as a whole
From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
REDUCEDadjectiveUS /rəˈduːst/
made less in size or amount or degree
From this reading HOLMES 18 REDUCED FACSIMILE OF DR.
Sara
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From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
Scholar'snounUS /ˈskɑːlərz/
possessive form of “scholar” — a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading “_I stay a little longer, as one stays_ _To cover up the embers that still burn_” First Impression, October, 1922 Second Impression, December, 1922 MRS.
performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others
From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
ShermannounUS /ˈʃɜːrmən/
United States general who was commander of all Union troops in the West; he captured Atlanta and led a destructive march to the sea that cut the Confederacy in two (1820-1891)
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “_I stay a little longer, as one stays_ _To cover up the embers that still burn_” First Impression, October, 1922 Second Impression, December, 1922 MRS.
staysnounUS /steɪz/
a woman's close-fitting foundation garment
From this reading “_I stay a little longer, as one stays_ _To cover up the embers that still burn_” First Impression, October, 1922 Second Impression, December, 1922 MRS.
not in physical motion
From this reading “_I stay a little longer, as one stays_ _To cover up the embers that still burn_” First Impression, October, 1922 Second Impression, December, 1922 MRS.
SymphonynounUS /ˈsɪmfəni/
a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “_I stay a little longer, as one stays_ _To cover up the embers that still burn_” First Impression, October, 1922 Second Impression, December, 1922 MRS.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “_I stay a little longer, as one stays_ _To cover up the embers that still burn_” First Impression, October, 1922 Second Impression, December, 1922 MRS.
volumesnounUS /ˈvɑːljuːmz/
plural of “volume” — the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
VolunteersnounUS /ˌvɑːlənˈtɪrz/
plural of “volunteer” — (military) a person who freely enlists for service
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
von
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From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
WardnounUS /wɔːrd/
a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
From this reading FIELDS _Frontispiece_ From an early photograph A NOTE OF ACCEPTANCE 9 Autograph of Julia Ward Howe AN EARLY PHOTOGRAPH OF DR.
in the company of; together with
From this reading American Bookmen (1898) Phillips Brooks (in “Beacon Biographies,” 1899) Life and Letters of George Bancroft (1908) Life and Labors of Bishop Hare (1911) Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (with Sara Norton, 1913) George von Lengerke Meyer: His Life and Public Services (1919) Memoirs of the Harvard Dead (1920, 1921, ——)
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Boston, the Place and the People (1903) Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries (1910) The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1914) The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1918) The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers (1919) The Beacon Biographies (31 volumes, 1899-1910) The Memory of Lincoln (1899) Home Letters of General Sherman (1909) Lines of Battle, by Henry Howard Brownell (1912) The Harvard Volunteers in Europe (1916) A Scholar’s Letters to a Young Lady (1920)
