13
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
16
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
1844
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
1845
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
1846
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
1864
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
1866
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
1869
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
4
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
529
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
532
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
538
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
542
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
560
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
564
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
568
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
574
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
576
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
9
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
the performance of a part or role in a drama
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
AdelaidenounUS /ˈædəleɪd/
the state capital of South Australia
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
administrativeadjectiveUS /ədˈmɪnəstreɪtɪv/
of or relating to or responsible for administration
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
adoptverbUS /əˈdɑːpt/
choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
AgriculturaladjectiveUS /ˌæɡrəˈkʌltʃərəl/
relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading It is not alone within the walls of Covent Garden Theatre, or the Free Trade Hall at Manchester, or the Town Hall at Birmingham, that the cry “Repeal the Corn-laws!” is raised.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
ampleadjectiveUS /ˈæmpəl/
more than enough in size or scope or capacity
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
any thing at all
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It is not alone within the walls of Covent Garden Theatre, or the Free Trade Hall at Manchester, or the Town Hall at Birmingham, that the cry “Repeal the Corn-laws!” is raised.
AtlanticnounUS /ətˈlæntɪk/
the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
Attorney-General
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From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
beforehandadjectiveUS /bɪˈfɔːrhænd/
being ahead of time or need
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
BirminghamnounUS /ˈbɜːrmɪŋhæm/
the largest city in Alabama; located in northeastern Alabama
From this reading It is not alone within the walls of Covent Garden Theatre, or the Free Trade Hall at Manchester, or the Town Hall at Birmingham, that the cry “Repeal the Corn-laws!” is raised.
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 As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
Buckingham
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From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
Buckingham's
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From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading That the country in general is in a conspiracy against this sacred but unhappy agricultural interest, there can be no doubt.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading That the country in general is in a conspiracy against this sacred but unhappy agricultural interest, there can be no doubt.
cannot
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
assets available for use in the production of further assets
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
Chauncey
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
ChivalrynounUS /ˈʃɪvəlri/
courtesy towards women
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
inflected form of “choose” — pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
one who is the object of choice; who is given preference
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
ChroniclenounUS /ˈkrɑː.nɪ.kəl/
A detailed written record of historical events in order. (Sử ký, biên niên sử lịch sử.)
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
Cobden
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From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
ComicadjectiveUS /ˈkɑːmɪk/
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
direct the course of; manage or control
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
ConservativeadjectiveUS /kənˈsɜːrvətɪv/
resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
ConspiracynounUS /kənˈspɪrəsi/
a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
Corn-laws
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From this reading It is not alone within the walls of Covent Garden Theatre, or the Free Trade Hall at Manchester, or the Town Hall at Birmingham, that the cry “Repeal the Corn-laws!” is raised.
Cornhill
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
Covent
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From this reading It is not alone within the walls of Covent Garden Theatre, or the Free Trade Hall at Manchester, or the Town Hall at Birmingham, that the cry “Repeal the Corn-laws!” is raised.
(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading It is not alone within the walls of Covent Garden Theatre, or the Free Trade Hall at Manchester, or the Town Hall at Birmingham, that the cry “Repeal the Corn-laws!” is raised.
every day; without missing a day
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
defencenounUS /dɪˈfens/
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
desirableadjectiveUS /dɪˈzaɪrəbəl/
worth having or seeking or achieving
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
disproveverbUS /dɪˈspruːv/
prove to be false
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
DouglasnounUS /ˈdʌɡləs/
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 PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
EcclesiasticaladjectiveUS /ɪˌkliːziˈæstɪkəl/
of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
embarrassedadjectiveUS /ɪmˈberəst/
feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
enableverbUS /eˈneɪbəl/
render capable or able for some task
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
Exeter
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From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
ExplanatoryadjectiveUS /ɪkˈsplænətɔːri/
serving or intended to explain or make clear
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
the organ of sight
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
FebruarynounUS /ˈfebjəweri/
the month following January and preceding March
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
Fechter's
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
foremannounUS /ˈfɔːrmən/
a person who exercises control over workers
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading It is not alone within the walls of Covent Garden Theatre, or the Free Trade Hall at Manchester, or the Town Hall at Birmingham, that the cry “Repeal the Corn-laws!” is raised.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading It is not alone within the walls of Covent Garden Theatre, or the Free Trade Hall at Manchester, or the Town Hall at Birmingham, that the cry “Repeal the Corn-laws!” is raised.
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading That the country in general is in a conspiracy against this sacred but unhappy agricultural interest, there can be no doubt.
a man of refinement
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
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 PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
HoodnounUS /hʊd/
an aggressive and violent young criminal
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
Hood's
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
IIInoun
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
impartialitynounUS /ˌɪmpɑːrʃiˈælɪti/
an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
impeachmentnounUS /ˌɪmˈpiːtʃmənt/
a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
indictverbUS /ˌɪnˈdaɪt/
accuse formally of a crime
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
IndictmentsnounUS /ˌɪnˈdaɪtmənts/
plural of “indictment” — a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
influentialadjectiveUS /ˌɪnfluːˈenʃəl/
having or exercising influence or power
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
IntroductionnounUS /ˌɪntrəˈdʌkʃən/
the act of beginning something new
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
IrelandnounUS /ˈaɪərlənd/
a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That the country in general is in a conspiracy against this sacred but unhappy agricultural interest, there can be no doubt.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
Jerrold's
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
determine the result of (a competition)
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
jurynounUS /ˈdʒʊri/
a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
conformity or harmony
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
the collection of rules imposed by authority
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
LegendsnounUS /ˈledʒəndz/
plural of “legend” — a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
LyricsnounUS /ˈlɪrɪks/
plural of “lyric” — the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
MagazinenounUS /ˈmæɡəziːn/
a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
engage in
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
managementnounUS /ˈmænədʒmənt/
the act of managing something
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
ManchesternounUS /ˈmæntʃestər/
largest city in New Hampshire; located in southeastern New Hampshire on the Merrimack river
From this reading It is not alone within the walls of Covent Garden Theatre, or the Free Trade Hall at Manchester, or the Town Hall at Birmingham, that the cry “Repeal the Corn-laws!” is raised.
manufacturingnounUS /ˌmænjəˈfæktʃərɪŋ/
the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
march in a procession
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
Memoriam
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
being nothing more than specified
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
MiscellanynounUS /ˈmɪsəleɪni/
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
moderationnounUS /ˌmɑːdərˈeɪʃən/
quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
MonthlynounUS /ˈmʌnθli/
a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year)
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
used to form the superlative
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
a form of address for a man
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
information about recent and important events
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
not any; not one
From this reading That the country in general is in a conspiracy against this sacred but unhappy agricultural interest, there can be no doubt.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It is not alone within the walls of Covent Garden Theatre, or the Free Trade Hall at Manchester, or the Town Hall at Birmingham, that the cry “Repeal the Corn-laws!” is raised.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
OpinionsnounUS /əˈpɪnjənz/
plural of “opinion” — a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
pacificationnounUS /ˌpæsəfəˈkeɪʃən/
the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
panelnounUS /ˈpænəl/
sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
by chance
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
experiencing or manifesting pleasure
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
ploughsharenounUS /ˈplaʊʃeɪr/
a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
presidingverbUS /prɪˈzaɪdɪŋ/
-ing form of “preside” — act as president
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
Procter
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
prosecutionnounUS /ˌprɑːsəˈkjuːʃən/
the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
be shown or be found to be
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
the act of punishing
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading It is not alone within the walls of Covent Garden Theatre, or the Free Trade Hall at Manchester, or the Town Hall at Birmingham, that the cry “Repeal the Corn-laws!” is raised.
referencenounUS /ˈrefərəns/
a remark that calls attention to something or someone
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
RepealnounUS /rɪˈpiːl/
the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
From this reading It is not alone within the walls of Covent Garden Theatre, or the Free Trade Hall at Manchester, or the Town Hall at Birmingham, that the cry “Repeal the Corn-laws!” is raised.
ReverendnounUS /ˈrevərənd/
a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
concerned with religion or religious purposes
From this reading That the country in general is in a conspiracy against this sacred but unhappy agricultural interest, there can be no doubt.
filled with satisfaction
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
securitynounUS /sɪˈkjʊrəti/
the state of being free from danger or injury
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
ShillingnounUS /ˈʃɪlɪŋ/
the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
inflected form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
supportersnounUS /səˈpɔːrtərz/
plural of “supporter” — a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
tenantsnounUS /ˈtenənts/
plural of “tenant” — someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
ThackeraynounUS /ˈθækəri/
English writer (born in India) (1811-1863)
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
From this reading It is not alone within the walls of Covent Garden Theatre, or the Free Trade Hall at Manchester, or the Town Hall at Birmingham, that the cry “Repeal the Corn-laws!” is raised.
in or at that place or location
From this reading That the country in general is in a conspiracy against this sacred but unhappy agricultural interest, there can be no doubt.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading That the country in general is in a conspiracy against this sacred but unhappy agricultural interest, there can be no doubt.
United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
ThreateningadjectiveUS /ˈθretənɪŋ/
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading It is not alone within the walls of Covent Garden Theatre, or the Free Trade Hall at Manchester, or the Town Hall at Birmingham, that the cry “Repeal the Corn-laws!” is raised.
Townshend
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From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services
From this reading It is not alone within the walls of Covent Garden Theatre, or the Free Trade Hall at Manchester, or the Town Hall at Birmingham, that the cry “Repeal the Corn-laws!” is raised.
traversers
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From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
From this reading That the country in general is in a conspiracy against this sacred but unhappy agricultural interest, there can be no doubt.
unrulyadjectiveUS /ənˈruːli/
noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
verdictnounUS /ˈvɜːrdɪkt/
(law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading It is not alone within the walls of Covent Garden Theatre, or the Free Trade Hall at Manchester, or the Town Hall at Birmingham, that the cry “Repeal the Corn-laws!” is raised.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
WestminsternounUS /ˌwestˈmɪnstər/
a borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading PAGE The Agricultural Interest (_Morning Chronicle_, March 9, 529 1844) Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman 532 (_Hood’s Magazine and Comic Miscellany_, May, 1844) Crime and Education (_Daily News_, February 4, 1846) 538 Capital Punishment (I–III; _Daily News_, March 9, 13, and 542 16, 1846) The Spirit of Chivalry in Westminster Hall (_Douglas 560 Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine_, August, 1845) In Memoriam: W. M. Thackeray (_Cornhill Magazine_, 564 February, 1864) Adelaide Anne Procter: Introduction to her _Legends and 568 Lyrics_ (1866) Chauncey Hare Townshend: Explanatory Introduction to 574 _Religious Opinions_ by the Late Reverend Chauncey Hare Townshend (1869) On Mr. Fechter’s Acting (_Atlantic Monthly_, August, 1869) 576 THE present Government, having shown itself to be particularly clever in its management of Indictments for Conspiracy, cannot do better, we think (keeping in its administrative eye the pacification of some of its most influential and most unruly supporters), than indict the whole manufacturing interest of the country for a conspiracy against the agricultural interest.
in the company of; together with
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading It is not alone within the walls of Covent Garden Theatre, or the Free Trade Hall at Manchester, or the Town Hall at Birmingham, that the cry “Repeal the Corn-laws!” is raised.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The Attorney-General for Ireland, turning his sword into a ploughshare, might conduct the prosecution; and Mr. Cobden and the other traversers might adopt any ground of defence they chose, or prove or disprove anything they pleased, without being embarrassed by the least anxiety or doubt in reference to the verdict.
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading As the jury ought to be beyond impeachment, the panel might be chosen among the Duke of Buckingham’s tenants, with the Duke of Buckingham himself as foreman; and, to the end that the country might be quite satisfied with the judge, and have ample security beforehand for his moderation and impartiality, it would be desirable, perhaps, to make such a slight change in the working of the law (a mere nothing to a Conservative Government, bent upon its end), as would enable the question to be tried before an Ecclesiastical Court, with the Bishop of Exeter presiding.