Chapter VI · Chapter 6

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

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on the subject of; concerning

From this reading ATHENS Not feeling any enthusiasm myself about Athens, my bounden duty of course is clear, to sneer and laugh heartily at all who have.

in the past

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(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 ATHENS Not feeling any enthusiasm myself about Athens, my bounden duty of course is clear, to sneer and laugh heartily at all who have.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading In fact, what business has a lawyer, who was in Pump Court this day three weeks, and whose common reading is law reports or the newspaper, to pretend to fall in love for the long vacation with mere poetry, of which I swear a great deal is very doubtful, and to get up an enthusiasm quite foreign to his nature and usual calling in life?

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

From this reading ATHENS Not feeling any enthusiasm myself about Athens, my bounden duty of course is clear, to sneer and laugh heartily at all who have.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading ATHENS Not feeling any enthusiasm myself about Athens, my bounden duty of course is clear, to sneer and laugh heartily at all who have.

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in or near a particular place or position

From this reading ATHENS Not feeling any enthusiasm myself about Athens, my bounden duty of course is clear, to sneer and laugh heartily at all who have.

the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess)

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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

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the qualities that give pleasure to the senses

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for the reason that

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-ing form of “blunder” — commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake

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morally obligatory

From this reading ATHENS Not feeling any enthusiasm myself about Athens, my bounden duty of course is clear, to sneer and laugh heartily at all who have.

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a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it

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assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

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the particular occupation for which you are trained

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definite but not specified or identified

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plural of “character” — an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

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rid of obstructions

From this reading ATHENS Not feeling any enthusiasm myself about Athens, my bounden duty of course is clear, to sneer and laugh heartily at all who have.

belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public

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get the meaning of something

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deem to be

From this reading What call have ladies to consider Greece “romantic,” they who get their notions of mythology from the well-known pages of “Tooke’s Pantheon”?

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a politically organized body of people under a single government

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education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading ATHENS Not feeling any enthusiasm myself about Athens, my bounden duty of course is clear, to sneer and laugh heartily at all who have.

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

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time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

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act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

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open to doubt or suspicion

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the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force

From this reading ATHENS Not feeling any enthusiasm myself about Athens, my bounden duty of course is clear, to sneer and laugh heartily at all who have.

a feeling of excitement

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having or showing great excitement and interest

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a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred

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descend in free fall under the influence of gravity

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the experiencing of affective and emotional states

From this reading ATHENS Not feeling any enthusiasm myself about Athens, my bounden duty of course is clear, to sneer and laugh heartily at all who have.

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From this reading What have these people in common with Pericles, what have these ladies in common with Aspasia (O fie)?

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

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

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the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

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showing where something starts, or who sent it

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come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

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

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a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil

From this reading What call have ladies to consider Greece “romantic,” they who get their notions of mythology from the well-known pages of “Tooke’s Pantheon”?

secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)

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

From this reading In fact, what business has a lawyer, who was in Pump Court this day three weeks, and whose common reading is law reports or the newspaper, to pretend to fall in love for the long vacation with mere poetry, of which I swear a great deal is very doubtful, and to get up an enthusiasm quite foreign to his nature and usual calling in life?

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading ATHENS Not feeling any enthusiasm myself about Athens, my bounden duty of course is clear, to sneer and laugh heartily at all who have.

with gusto and without reservation

From this reading ATHENS Not feeling any enthusiasm myself about Athens, my bounden duty of course is clear, to sneer and laugh heartily at all who have.

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

From this reading In fact, what business has a lawyer, who was in Pump Court this day three weeks, and whose common reading is law reports or the newspaper, to pretend to fall in love for the long vacation with mere poetry, of which I swear a great deal is very doubtful, and to get up an enthusiasm quite foreign to his nature and usual calling in life?

ten 10s

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the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

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

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plural of “indian” — a native or inhabitant of India

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

From this reading ATHENS Not feeling any enthusiasm myself about Athens, my bounden duty of course is clear, to sneer and laugh heartily at all who have.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading What is the reason that blundering Yorkshire squires, young dandies from Corfu regiments, jolly sailors from ships in the harbour, and yellow old Indians returning from Bundelcund, should think proper to be enthusiastic about a country of which they know nothing; the mere physical beauty of which they cannot, for the most part, comprehend; and because certain characters lived in it two thousand four hundred years ago?

full of or showing high-spirited merriment

From this reading What is the reason that blundering Yorkshire squires, young dandies from Corfu regiments, jolly sailors from ships in the harbour, and yellow old Indians returning from Bundelcund, should think proper to be enthusiastic about a country of which they know nothing; the mere physical beauty of which they cannot, for the most part, comprehend; and because certain characters lived in it two thousand four hundred years ago?

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

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plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman

From this reading What call have ladies to consider Greece “romantic,” they who get their notions of mythology from the well-known pages of “Tooke’s Pantheon”?

the sound of laughing

From this reading ATHENS Not feeling any enthusiasm myself about Athens, my bounden duty of course is clear, to sneer and laugh heartily at all who have.

the collection of rules imposed by authority

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a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice

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a characteristic state or mode of living

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past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in

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primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

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a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

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being nothing more than specified

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used to form the superlative

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belonging to the person speaking

From this reading ATHENS Not feeling any enthusiasm myself about Athens, my bounden duty of course is clear, to sneer and laugh heartily at all who have.

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading ATHENS Not feeling any enthusiasm myself about Athens, my bounden duty of course is clear, to sneer and laugh heartily at all who have.

myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person

From this reading What call have ladies to consider Greece “romantic,” they who get their notions of mythology from the well-known pages of “Tooke’s Pantheon”?

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

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a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements

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used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading ATHENS Not feeling any enthusiasm myself about Athens, my bounden duty of course is clear, to sneer and laugh heartily at all who have.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading What is the reason that blundering Yorkshire squires, young dandies from Corfu regiments, jolly sailors from ships in the harbour, and yellow old Indians returning from Bundelcund, should think proper to be enthusiastic about a country of which they know nothing; the mere physical beauty of which they cannot, for the most part, comprehend; and because certain characters lived in it two thousand four hundred years ago?

plural of “notion” — a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

From this reading What call have ladies to consider Greece “romantic,” they who get their notions of mythology from the well-known pages of “Tooke’s Pantheon”?

a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

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(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

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used to join alternatives or possibilities

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plural of “page” — one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

From this reading What call have ladies to consider Greece “romantic,” they who get their notions of mythology from the well-known pages of “Tooke’s Pantheon”?

all the gods of a religion

From this reading What call have ladies to consider Greece “romantic,” they who get their notions of mythology from the well-known pages of “Tooke’s Pantheon”?

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading What is the reason that blundering Yorkshire squires, young dandies from Corfu regiments, jolly sailors from ships in the harbour, and yellow old Indians returning from Bundelcund, should think proper to be enthusiastic about a country of which they know nothing; the mere physical beauty of which they cannot, for the most part, comprehend; and because certain characters lived in it two thousand four hundred years ago?

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

From this reading What have these people in common with Pericles, what have these ladies in common with Aspasia (O fie)?

Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athens' political and cultural supremacy in Greece; he ordered the construction of the Parthenon (died in 429 BC)

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involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit

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literature in metrical form

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make believe with the intent to deceive

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marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness

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operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal

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to a degree (not used with a negative)

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the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message

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a rational motive for a belief or action

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plural of “regiment” — army unit smaller than a division

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plural of “report” — a written document describing the findings of some individual or group

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tending to return to an earlier state

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belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts

From this reading What call have ladies to consider Greece “romantic,” they who get their notions of mythology from the well-known pages of “Tooke’s Pantheon”?

plural of “sailor” — any member of a ship's crew

From this reading What is the reason that blundering Yorkshire squires, young dandies from Corfu regiments, jolly sailors from ships in the harbour, and yellow old Indians returning from Bundelcund, should think proper to be enthusiastic about a country of which they know nothing; the mere physical beauty of which they cannot, for the most part, comprehend; and because certain characters lived in it two thousand four hundred years ago?

plural of “ship” — a vessel that carries passengers or freight

From this reading What is the reason that blundering Yorkshire squires, young dandies from Corfu regiments, jolly sailors from ships in the harbour, and yellow old Indians returning from Bundelcund, should think proper to be enthusiastic about a country of which they know nothing; the mere physical beauty of which they cannot, for the most part, comprehend; and because certain characters lived in it two thousand four hundred years ago?

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading What is the reason that blundering Yorkshire squires, young dandies from Corfu regiments, jolly sailors from ships in the harbour, and yellow old Indians returning from Bundelcund, should think proper to be enthusiastic about a country of which they know nothing; the mere physical beauty of which they cannot, for the most part, comprehend; and because certain characters lived in it two thousand four hundred years ago?

express through a scornful smile

From this reading ATHENS Not feeling any enthusiasm myself about Athens, my bounden duty of course is clear, to sneer and laugh heartily at all who have.

plural of “squire” — young nobleman attendant on a knight

From this reading What is the reason that blundering Yorkshire squires, young dandies from Corfu regiments, jolly sailors from ships in the harbour, and yellow old Indians returning from Bundelcund, should think proper to be enthusiastic about a country of which they know nothing; the mere physical beauty of which they cannot, for the most part, comprehend; and because certain characters lived in it two thousand four hundred years ago?

utter obscenities or profanities

From this reading In fact, what business has a lawyer, who was in Pump Court this day three weeks, and whose common reading is law reports or the newspaper, to pretend to fall in love for the long vacation with mere poetry, of which I swear a great deal is very doubtful, and to get up an enthusiasm quite foreign to his nature and usual calling in life?

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading What is the reason that blundering Yorkshire squires, young dandies from Corfu regiments, jolly sailors from ships in the harbour, and yellow old Indians returning from Bundelcund, should think proper to be enthusiastic about a country of which they know nothing; the mere physical beauty of which they cannot, for the most part, comprehend; and because certain characters lived in it two thousand four hundred years ago?

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

From this reading In fact, what business has a lawyer, who was in Pump Court this day three weeks, and whose common reading is law reports or the newspaper, to pretend to fall in love for the long vacation with mere poetry, of which I swear a great deal is very doubtful, and to get up an enthusiasm quite foreign to his nature and usual calling in life?

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading What call have ladies to consider Greece “romantic,” they who get their notions of mythology from the well-known pages of “Tooke’s Pantheon”?

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading What have these people in common with Pericles, what have these ladies in common with Aspasia (O fie)?

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading What call have ladies to consider Greece “romantic,” they who get their notions of mythology from the well-known pages of “Tooke’s Pantheon”?

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading What is the reason that blundering Yorkshire squires, young dandies from Corfu regiments, jolly sailors from ships in the harbour, and yellow old Indians returning from Bundelcund, should think proper to be enthusiastic about a country of which they know nothing; the mere physical beauty of which they cannot, for the most part, comprehend; and because certain characters lived in it two thousand four hundred years ago?

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

From this reading In fact, what business has a lawyer, who was in Pump Court this day three weeks, and whose common reading is law reports or the newspaper, to pretend to fall in love for the long vacation with mere poetry, of which I swear a great deal is very doubtful, and to get up an enthusiasm quite foreign to his nature and usual calling in life?

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

From this reading What is the reason that blundering Yorkshire squires, young dandies from Corfu regiments, jolly sailors from ships in the harbour, and yellow old Indians returning from Bundelcund, should think proper to be enthusiastic about a country of which they know nothing; the mere physical beauty of which they cannot, for the most part, comprehend; and because certain characters lived in it two thousand four hundred years ago?

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading In fact, what business has a lawyer, who was in Pump Court this day three weeks, and whose common reading is law reports or the newspaper, to pretend to fall in love for the long vacation with mere poetry, of which I swear a great deal is very doubtful, and to get up an enthusiasm quite foreign to his nature and usual calling in life?

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

From this reading ATHENS Not feeling any enthusiasm myself about Athens, my bounden duty of course is clear, to sneer and laugh heartily at all who have.

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From this reading What call have ladies to consider Greece “romantic,” they who get their notions of mythology from the well-known pages of “Tooke’s Pantheon”?

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

From this reading What is the reason that blundering Yorkshire squires, young dandies from Corfu regiments, jolly sailors from ships in the harbour, and yellow old Indians returning from Bundelcund, should think proper to be enthusiastic about a country of which they know nothing; the mere physical beauty of which they cannot, for the most part, comprehend; and because certain characters lived in it two thousand four hundred years ago?

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

From this reading In fact, what business has a lawyer, who was in Pump Court this day three weeks, and whose common reading is law reports or the newspaper, to pretend to fall in love for the long vacation with mere poetry, of which I swear a great deal is very doubtful, and to get up an enthusiasm quite foreign to his nature and usual calling in life?

occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure

From this reading In fact, what business has a lawyer, who was in Pump Court this day three weeks, and whose common reading is law reports or the newspaper, to pretend to fall in love for the long vacation with mere poetry, of which I swear a great deal is very doubtful, and to get up an enthusiasm quite foreign to his nature and usual calling in life?

leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure

From this reading In fact, what business has a lawyer, who was in Pump Court this day three weeks, and whose common reading is law reports or the newspaper, to pretend to fall in love for the long vacation with mere poetry, of which I swear a great deal is very doubtful, and to get up an enthusiasm quite foreign to his nature and usual calling in life?

precisely as stated

From this reading In fact, what business has a lawyer, who was in Pump Court this day three weeks, and whose common reading is law reports or the newspaper, to pretend to fall in love for the long vacation with mere poetry, of which I swear a great deal is very doubtful, and to get up an enthusiasm quite foreign to his nature and usual calling in life?

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

From this reading In fact, what business has a lawyer, who was in Pump Court this day three weeks, and whose common reading is law reports or the newspaper, to pretend to fall in love for the long vacation with mere poetry, of which I swear a great deal is very doubtful, and to get up an enthusiasm quite foreign to his nature and usual calling in life?

plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days

From this reading In fact, what business has a lawyer, who was in Pump Court this day three weeks, and whose common reading is law reports or the newspaper, to pretend to fall in love for the long vacation with mere poetry, of which I swear a great deal is very doubtful, and to get up an enthusiasm quite foreign to his nature and usual calling in life?

widely or fully known

From this reading What call have ladies to consider Greece “romantic,” they who get their notions of mythology from the well-known pages of “Tooke’s Pantheon”?

used to ask for information about something

From this reading In fact, what business has a lawyer, who was in Pump Court this day three weeks, and whose common reading is law reports or the newspaper, to pretend to fall in love for the long vacation with mere poetry, of which I swear a great deal is very doubtful, and to get up an enthusiasm quite foreign to his nature and usual calling in life?

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

From this reading In fact, what business has a lawyer, who was in Pump Court this day three weeks, and whose common reading is law reports or the newspaper, to pretend to fall in love for the long vacation with mere poetry, of which I swear a great deal is very doubtful, and to get up an enthusiasm quite foreign to his nature and usual calling in life?

which person or people

From this reading ATHENS Not feeling any enthusiasm myself about Athens, my bounden duty of course is clear, to sneer and laugh heartily at all who have.

belonging to which person

From this reading In fact, what business has a lawyer, who was in Pump Court this day three weeks, and whose common reading is law reports or the newspaper, to pretend to fall in love for the long vacation with mere poetry, of which I swear a great deal is very doubtful, and to get up an enthusiasm quite foreign to his nature and usual calling in life?

in the company of; together with

From this reading In fact, what business has a lawyer, who was in Pump Court this day three weeks, and whose common reading is law reports or the newspaper, to pretend to fall in love for the long vacation with mere poetry, of which I swear a great deal is very doubtful, and to get up an enthusiasm quite foreign to his nature and usual calling in life?

a late time of life

From this reading What is the reason that blundering Yorkshire squires, young dandies from Corfu regiments, jolly sailors from ships in the harbour, and yellow old Indians returning from Bundelcund, should think proper to be enthusiastic about a country of which they know nothing; the mere physical beauty of which they cannot, for the most part, comprehend; and because certain characters lived in it two thousand four hundred years ago?

of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk

From this reading What is the reason that blundering Yorkshire squires, young dandies from Corfu regiments, jolly sailors from ships in the harbour, and yellow old Indians returning from Bundelcund, should think proper to be enthusiastic about a country of which they know nothing; the mere physical beauty of which they cannot, for the most part, comprehend; and because certain characters lived in it two thousand four hundred years ago?

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

From this reading What is the reason that blundering Yorkshire squires, young dandies from Corfu regiments, jolly sailors from ships in the harbour, and yellow old Indians returning from Bundelcund, should think proper to be enthusiastic about a country of which they know nothing; the mere physical beauty of which they cannot, for the most part, comprehend; and because certain characters lived in it two thousand four hundred years ago?

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading What is the reason that blundering Yorkshire squires, young dandies from Corfu regiments, jolly sailors from ships in the harbour, and yellow old Indians returning from Bundelcund, should think proper to be enthusiastic about a country of which they know nothing; the mere physical beauty of which they cannot, for the most part, comprehend; and because certain characters lived in it two thousand four hundred years ago?