Chapter II · Chapter 2

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

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

plural of “actor” — a theatrical performer

From this reading One misses much who does not follow the chief actors in this great story, the masterpiece of Dickens.

later than; following

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

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

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

in addition

From this reading In other novels other good purposes were also served.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

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

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

any thing at all

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

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

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

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

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

past form of “attack” — launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

of or relating to or characteristic of an autobiographer

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

offering little or no hope

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

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

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

the childhood of a boy

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

plural of “boy” — a youthful male person

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

lacking funds

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

possessive form of “carlyle” — Scottish historian who wrote about the French Revolution (1795-1881)

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

the quantity contained in a carton

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

a court with jurisdiction in equity

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

a prominent attribute or aspect of something

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

a person who is in charge

From this reading One misses much who does not follow the chief actors in this great story, the masterpiece of Dickens.

a young person of either sex

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

the time of person's life when they are a child

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

the person or thing chosen or selected

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

plural of “city” — a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

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From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

to a great depth psychologically or emotionally

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

cause to be slowed down or delayed

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

serving to describe or inform or characterized by description

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

a word used in exclamations of confusion

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

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

From this reading One misses much who does not follow the chief actors in this great story, the masterpiece of Dickens.

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From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

cause to move by pulling

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

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From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

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

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

at any time

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

widely known and esteemed

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

something many people believe that is false

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

plural of “favorite” — something regarded with special favor or liking

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

plural of “feel” — an intuitive awareness

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

to travel behind, go after, come after

From this reading One misses much who does not follow the chief actors in this great story, the masterpiece of Dickens.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

superlative of “fresh” — recently made, produced, or harvested

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading In other novels other good purposes were also served.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

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

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

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

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

a person who does not acknowledge your god

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

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

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

the aggregate of past events

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

plural of “horror” — intense and profound fear

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

low or inferior in station or quality

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

deeply or markedly affected or influenced

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

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

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

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

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

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

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

possessive form of “law” — the collection of rules imposed by authority

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

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

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

a person who loves someone or is loved by someone

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

steadfast in allegiance or duty

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

engage in

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman

From this reading One misses much who does not follow the chief actors in this great story, the masterpiece of Dickens.

Recollections of past events.

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

plural of “miss” — a young female

From this reading One misses much who does not follow the chief actors in this great story, the masterpiece of Dickens.

plural of “mission” — an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

used to form the superlative

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading One misses much who does not follow the chief actors in this great story, the masterpiece of Dickens.

common to or shared by two or more parties

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

possessive form of “nation” — a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

a bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus (4th century)

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

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From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

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From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

plural of “novel” — an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

and nothing more

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

plural of “paint” — a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

plural of “passage” — the act of passing from one state or place to the next

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

deserving or inciting pity

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

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From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

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From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

inspiring mixed contempt and pity

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

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From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

deserving or inciting pity

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

people in general considered as a whole

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

plural of “purpose” — an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions

From this reading In other novels other good purposes were also served.

being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

-ing form of “remove” — remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

third-person singular of “reproduce” — make a copy or equivalent of

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

possessing material wealth

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

Identical; not different.

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

witty language used to convey insults or scorn

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

plural of “school” — an educational institution

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

past form of “serve” — serve a purpose, role, or function

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

English poet (1554-1586)

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

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From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

a male human offspring

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

an example regarded as typical of its class

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

happening or arising without apparent external cause

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

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From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

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

From this reading One misses much who does not follow the chief actors in this great story, the masterpiece of Dickens.

inspiring awe

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

plural of “suffering” — a state of acute pain

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

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

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

filled with or marked by tears

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

causing fear or dread or terror

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

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

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

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

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

plural of “thousand” — the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

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

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

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

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

marked by dissimilarity

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

to an inexpressible degree

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

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

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

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

From this reading In other novels other good purposes were also served.

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

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

during the time that

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

which person or people

From this reading One misses much who does not follow the chief actors in this great story, the masterpiece of Dickens.

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

plural of “woe” — misery resulting from affliction

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

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

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

of very poor quality or condition

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work

From this reading After the _Pickwick Papers_ the choice of the most characteristic of Dickens' novels is difficult, but my favorites have always been _David Copperfield_ and _A Tale of Two Cities_, the one the most spontaneous, the freshest in fancy, the most deeply pathetic of all Dickens' work; the other absolutely unlike anything he ever wrote, but great in its intense descriptive passages, which make the horrors of the French Revolution more real than Carlyle's famous history, and in the sublime self-sacrifice of Sidney Carton, which Henry Miller, in "The Only Way," has impressed on thousands of tearful playgoers.

shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

but in spite of that

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

a former large county in northern England; in 1974 it was divided into three smaller counties

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Other fine novels, if you have time for them, are _Nicholas Nickleby_, which broke up the unspeakably cruel boarding schools for boys in Yorkshire, in one of which poor Smike was done to death; or _Our Mutual Friend_ which Dickens attacked the English poor laws; or _Dombey and Son_, that paints the pathos of the child of a rich man dying for the love which his father was too selfish to give him; or _Bleak House_, in which the terrible sufferings wrought by the law's delay in the Court of Chancery are drawn with so much pathos that the book served as a valuable aid in removing a great public wrong, while the satire on foreign missions served to draw the English nation's attention to the wretched heathen at home in the East Side of London, of whom Poor Jo was a pitiable specimen.

used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.

a young person (especially a young man or boy)

From this reading That _David Copperfield_ is not autobiographical we have the positive assertion of Charles Dickens the younger, yet at the same time every lover of this book feels that the boyhood of David reproduces memories of the novelist's childhood and youth, and that from real people and real scenes are drawn the humble home and the loyal hearts of the Peggottys, the great self-sacrifice of Ham, the woes of Little Emily and the tragedy of Steerforth's fate.