used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Milton's Paradise Lost would have perished without a sound had it appeared in the "Beehive."
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Milton's Paradise Lost would have perished without a sound had it appeared in the "Beehive."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
BeehivenounUS /ˈbiːhaɪv/
any workplace where people are very busy
From this reading The villanous "Beehive"!
brandynounUS /ˈbrændi/
distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
Burley
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From this reading Fine things were there in a fragmentary crude state, composed by Burley himself.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Fine things were there in a fragmentary crude state, composed by Burley himself.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress
From this reading Fine things were there in a fragmentary crude state, composed by Burley himself.
copiesnounUS /ˈkɑːpiz/
plural of “copy” — a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
crudeadjectiveUS /kruːd/
not carefully or expertly made
From this reading Fine things were there in a fragmentary crude state, composed by Burley himself.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
essaysnounUS /eˈseɪz/
plural of “essay” — an analytic or interpretive literary composition
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading Fine things were there in a fragmentary crude state, composed by Burley himself.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
fragmentaryadjectiveUS /ˈfræɡmənteri/
consisting of small disconnected parts
From this reading Fine things were there in a fragmentary crude state, composed by Burley himself.
yet to be or coming
From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Milton's Paradise Lost would have perished without a sound had it appeared in the "Beehive."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Milton's Paradise Lost would have perished without a sound had it appeared in the "Beehive."
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Fine things were there in a fragmentary crude state, composed by Burley himself.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Milton's Paradise Lost would have perished without a sound had it appeared in the "Beehive."
indifferentlyadverbUS /ˌɪnˈdɪfrəntli/
with indifference; in an indifferent manner
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading Milton's Paradise Lost would have perished without a sound had it appeared in the "Beehive."
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
Milton's
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From this reading Milton's Paradise Lost would have perished without a sound had it appeared in the "Beehive."
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
ParadisenounUS /ˈperədaɪs/
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading Milton's Paradise Lost would have perished without a sound had it appeared in the "Beehive."
by chance
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
perishedverbUS /ˈperɪʃt/
past form of “perish” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Milton's Paradise Lost would have perished without a sound had it appeared in the "Beehive."
social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
salenounUS /seɪl/
a particular instance of selling
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
sellingnounUS /ˈselɪŋ/
the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
shallowadjectiveUS /ˈʃæloʊ/
lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
simultaneouslyadverbUS /ˌsaɪməlˈteɪniəsli/
at the same instant
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading Milton's Paradise Lost would have perished without a sound had it appeared in the "Beehive."
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading Fine things were there in a fragmentary crude state, composed by Burley himself.
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The villanous "Beehive"!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
in or at that place or location
From this reading Fine things were there in a fragmentary crude state, composed by Burley himself.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Fine things were there in a fragmentary crude state, composed by Burley himself.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
villanous
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From this reading The villanous "Beehive"!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Fine things were there in a fragmentary crude state, composed by Burley himself.
in the company of; together with
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Milton's Paradise Lost would have perished without a sound had it appeared in the "Beehive."
past form of “work” — exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Milton's Paradise Lost would have perished without a sound had it appeared in the "Beehive."
of very poor quality or condition
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
but in spite of that
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
