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Chapter I

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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 (IIII; _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.
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 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.
That the country in general is in a conspiracy against this sacred but unhappy agricultural interest, there can be no doubt.
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.
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Miscellaneous Papers

Chapter I

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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 (IIII; _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.
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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.
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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.
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That the country in general is in a conspiracy against this sacred but unhappy agricultural interest, there can be no doubt.
/ðæt ðə ˈkʌntri ɪn ˈdʒenərəl ɪz ɪn ə kənˈspɪrəsi əˈɡenst ðɪs ˈseɪkrəd bʌt ənˈhæpi ˌæɡrəˈkʌltʃərəl ˈɪntrəst ðer kæn biː noʊ daʊt/
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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 cryRepeal the Corn-laws!” is raised.

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administrative adjective US /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.”

disprove verb US /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.”

impeachment noun US /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.”

indict verb US /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.”

Indictments noun US /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.”

pacification noun US /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.”

ploughshare noun US /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.”

Repeal noun US /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.”

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Capital Punishment noun + noun

putting a condemned person to death

In 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.”

Ecclesiastical Court adjective + noun

In 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.”

most influential adverb + adjective

In 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.”

Religious Opinions adjective + noun counted as “religious opinion”

In 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.”

Free Trade verb + noun

international trade free of government interference

In 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.”

quite satisfied adverb + adjective

In 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.”

Town Hall noun + noun

a government building that houses administrative offices of a town government

In 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.”

within the walls preposition + article + noun counted as “within … wall”

In 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.”

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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.

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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.

adeterminerUS /ə/

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.

ActingnounUS /ˈæktɪŋ/

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.

againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/

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.

andeterminerUS /æn/

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.

AncientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/

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.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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.

AnnenounUS /æn/

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.

anxietynounUS /æŋˈzaɪəti/

(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.

anyadjectiveUS /ˈeni/

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.

anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/

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.

AsconjunctionUS /æz/

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.

atprepositionUS /æt/

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.

AugustnounUS /ˈɑːɡəst/

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.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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.

beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

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.

bentnounUS /bent/

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.

betteradjectiveUS /ˈbetər/

(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.

beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/

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.

BishopnounUS /ˈbɪʃəp/

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.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

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.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

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.

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

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.

CapitalnounUS /ˈkæpətəl/

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.

changeverbUS /tʃeɪndʒ/

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.

choseverbUS /tʃoʊz/

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.

chosennounUS /ˈtʃoʊzən/

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.

cleveradjectiveUS /ˈklevər/

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.

conductverbUS /ˈkɑːndəkt/

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.

countrynounUS /ˈkʌntri/

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.

CourtnounUS /kɔːrt/

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.

CrimenounUS /kraɪm/

(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.

cryverbUS /kraɪ/

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.

DailyadverbUS /ˈdeɪli/

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.

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

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.

doubtnounUS /daʊt/

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.

DukenounUS /duːk/

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.

EducationnounUS /ˌedʒəˈkeɪʃən/

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.

endnounUS /end/

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.

eyenounUS /aɪ/

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.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

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.

FreeverbUS /friː/

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.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

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.

GardennounUS /ˈɡɑːrdən/

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.

generaladjectiveUS /ˈdʒenərəl/

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.

GentlemannounUS /ˈdʒentəlmən/

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.

GovernmentnounUS /ˈɡʌvərmənt/

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.

groundnounUS /ɡraʊnd/

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.

HallnounUS /hɔːl/

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.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

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.

himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

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.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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.

InterestnounUS /ˈɪntrəst/

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.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

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.

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

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.

itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/

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.

judgeverbUS /dʒʌdʒ/

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.

keepingnounUS /ˈkiːpɪŋ/

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.

LateadjectiveUS /leɪt/

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.

lawnounUS /lɔː/

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.

leastadjectiveUS /liːst/

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.

LetternounUS /ˈletər/

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.

MnounUS /em/

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.

makeverbUS /meɪk/

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.

MarchverbUS /mɑːrtʃ/

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.

Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

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.

mereadjectiveUS /mɪr/

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.

mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/

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.

MorningnounUS /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/

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.

mostadverbUS /moʊst/

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.

MrnounUS /ˈmɪstər/

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.

NewsnounUS /nuːz/

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.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

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.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

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.

nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

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.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

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.

OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/

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.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

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.

otheradjectiveUS /ˈʌðər/

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.

oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/

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.

PAGEnounUS /peɪdʒ/

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.

particularlyadverbUS /ˌpɑːrˈtɪkjələrli/

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.

perhapsadverbUS /pərˈhæps/

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.

pleasedadjectiveUS /pliːzd/

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.

presentverbUS /ˈprezənt/

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.

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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.

proveverbUS /pruːv/

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.

PunishmentnounUS /ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/

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.

questionverbUS /ˈkwestʃən/

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.

quiteadverbUS /kwaɪt/

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.

raisedadjectiveUS /reɪzd/

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.

ReligiousadjectiveUS /rɪˈlɪdʒəs/

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.

sacredadjectiveUS /ˈseɪkrəd/

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.

satisfiedadjectiveUS /ˈsætəsfaɪd/

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.

shownverbUS /ʃoʊn/

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.

slightnounUS /slaɪt/

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.

someadjectiveUS /sʌm/

(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.

SpiritnounUS /ˈspɪrət/

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.

suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

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.

swordnounUS /sɔːrd/

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.

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

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.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

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.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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.

TheatrenounUS /ˈθiːətər/

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.

thereadverbUS /ðer/

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.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

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.

thinkverbUS /θɪŋk/

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.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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.

ThomasnounUS /ˈtɑːməs/

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.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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.

TownnounUS /taʊn/

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.

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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.

TradenounUS /treɪd/

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.

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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.

triedadjectiveUS /traɪd/

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.

turningnounUS /ˈtɜːrnɪŋ/

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.

unhappyadjectiveUS /ənˈhæpi/

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.

WnounUS /ˈdʌbəljuː/

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.

wallsnounUS /wɔːlz/

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.

wepronounUS /wiː/

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.

wholeadjectiveUS /hoʊl/

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.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

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.

withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/

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.

withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/

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.

workingadjectiveUS /ˈwɜːrkɪŋ/

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.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

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.

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  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

Vocabulary met early in Miscellaneous Papers

Words and structures a reader meets early in Miscellaneous Papers, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Agricultural
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Miscellaneous Papers; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Interest
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Miscellaneous Papers; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Morning
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Miscellaneous Papers; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Chronicle
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Miscellaneous Papers; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.