Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

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From this reading Whatever exaggeration there may be in that fine poetic figure, it is certain that our literature, once confined to a few schools or centers, began in the decade after 1870 to be broadly representative of the whole country.

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From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

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

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

later than; following

From this reading Whatever exaggeration there may be in that fine poetic figure, it is certain that our literature, once confined to a few schools or centers, began in the decade after 1870 to be broadly representative of the whole country.

(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 THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

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From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

the table in Christian churches where communion is given

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

a native or inhabitant of the United States

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

plural of “american” — a native or inhabitant of the United States

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

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

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

a formal public statement

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

separated or at a distance in place or position or time

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

plural of “argonaut” — someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

plural of “ballad” — a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

plural of “battlefield” — a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

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

From this reading Whatever exaggeration there may be in that fine poetic figure, it is certain that our literature, once confined to a few schools or centers, began in the decade after 1870 to be broadly representative of the whole country.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading Whatever exaggeration there may be in that fine poetic figure, it is certain that our literature, once confined to a few schools or centers, began in the decade after 1870 to be broadly representative of the whole country.

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

without regard to specific details or exceptions

From this reading Whatever exaggeration there may be in that fine poetic figure, it is certain that our literature, once confined to a few schools or centers, began in the decade after 1870 to be broadly representative of the whole country.

think moodily or anxiously about something

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

possessive form of “cable” — a telegram sent abroad

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

plural of “center” — an area that is approximately central within some larger region

From this reading Whatever exaggeration there may be in that fine poetic figure, it is certain that our literature, once confined to a few schools or centers, began in the decade after 1870 to be broadly representative of the whole country.

definite but not specified or identified

From this reading Whatever exaggeration there may be in that fine poetic figure, it is certain that our literature, once confined to a few schools or centers, began in the decade after 1870 to be broadly representative of the whole country.

a series of things depending on each other as if linked together

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

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

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

not invading healthy tissue

From this reading Whatever exaggeration there may be in that fine poetic figure, it is certain that our literature, once confined to a few schools or centers, began in the decade after 1870 to be broadly representative of the whole country.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading Whatever exaggeration there may be in that fine poetic figure, it is certain that our literature, once confined to a few schools or centers, began in the decade after 1870 to be broadly representative of the whole country.

plural of “countryman” — a man from your own country

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

plural of “critic” — a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

a period of 10 years

From this reading Whatever exaggeration there may be in that fine poetic figure, it is certain that our literature, once confined to a few schools or centers, began in the decade after 1870 to be broadly representative of the whole country.

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From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

unlike in nature or quality or form or degree

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

be identical or equivalent to

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

divisible by two

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

extravagant exaggeration

From this reading Whatever exaggeration there may be in that fine poetic figure, it is certain that our literature, once confined to a few schools or centers, began in the decade after 1870 to be broadly representative of the whole country.

make plain and comprehensible

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

a social unit living together

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading Whatever exaggeration there may be in that fine poetic figure, it is certain that our literature, once confined to a few schools or centers, began in the decade after 1870 to be broadly representative of the whole country.

a diagram or picture illustrating textual material

From this reading Whatever exaggeration there may be in that fine poetic figure, it is certain that our literature, once confined to a few schools or centers, began in the decade after 1870 to be broadly representative of the whole country.

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

From this reading Whatever exaggeration there may be in that fine poetic figure, it is certain that our literature, once confined to a few schools or centers, began in the decade after 1870 to be broadly representative of the whole country.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

yet to be or coming

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

an outlying farm

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

possessive form of “harris” — United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908)

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

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

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

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

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

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

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

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

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

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

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

plural of “interest” — a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

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

From this reading Whatever exaggeration there may be in that fine poetic figure, it is certain that our literature, once confined to a few schools or centers, began in the decade after 1870 to be broadly representative of the whole country.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

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

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

a special anniversary (or the celebration of it)

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

of or relating to or characteristic of literature

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

creative writing of recognized artistic value

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

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

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

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

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

attach a tag or label to

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Whatever exaggeration there may be in that fine poetic figure, it is certain that our literature, once confined to a few schools or centers, began in the decade after 1870 to be broadly representative of the whole country.

the force of workers available

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

inflected form of “meet” — come together

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

possessive form of “miller” — United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

not any; not one

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

throughout a period of time

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

held or filled or in use

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

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

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

on one occasion

From this reading Whatever exaggeration there may be in that fine poetic figure, it is certain that our literature, once confined to a few schools or centers, began in the decade after 1870 to be broadly representative of the whole country.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

and nothing more

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

an amount of time

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

the largest city in Pennsylvania; located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river; site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed; site of the University of Pennsylvania

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

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

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

of or relating to poetry

From this reading Whatever exaggeration there may be in that fine poetic figure, it is certain that our literature, once confined to a few schools or centers, began in the decade after 1870 to be broadly representative of the whole country.

earlier in time

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

housing available for people to live in

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

(Roman mythology) the twin brother of Romulus

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

a person who represents others

From this reading Whatever exaggeration there may be in that fine poetic figure, it is certain that our literature, once confined to a few schools or centers, began in the decade after 1870 to be broadly representative of the whole country.

not move; be in a resting position

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

a hinged vertical airfoil mounted at the tail of an aircraft and used to make horizontal course changes

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

except for; apart from

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

one who is employed to saw wood

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

an educational institution

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

plural of “school” — an educational institution

From this reading Whatever exaggeration there may be in that fine poetic figure, it is certain that our literature, once confined to a few schools or centers, began in the decade after 1870 to be broadly representative of the whole country.

relating to or based upon a section (i.e. as if cut through by an intersecting plane)

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

plural of “sierra” — a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

deliver by singing

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

a short musical composition with words

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

unique or specific to a person or thing or category

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

the vital principle or animating force within living things

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

a male spokesperson

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

plural of “state” — the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

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

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

happening unexpectedly

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

causing surprise or wonder or amazement

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

plural of “tale” — 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 Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

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

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

in or at that place or location

From this reading Whatever exaggeration there may be in that fine poetic figure, it is certain that our literature, once confined to a few schools or centers, began in the decade after 1870 to be broadly representative of the whole country.

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

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

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

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

male cat

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

possessive form of “twain” — two items of the same kind

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt

From this reading Miller's _Songs of the Sierras_, Hay's _Pike-County Ballads_, Harte's _Tales of the Argonauts_, Cable's _Old Creole Days_, Mark Twain's _Tom Sawyer_, Miss Jewett's _Deephaven_, Stockton's _Rudder Grange_, Harris's _Uncle Remus_,--a host of surprising books suddenly appeared with the announcement that America was too large for any one man or literary school to be its spokesman.

up to a particular time

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

characterized by variety

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

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

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

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

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

any or all of a kind, it does not matter which

From this reading Whatever exaggeration there may be in that fine poetic figure, it is certain that our literature, once confined to a few schools or centers, began in the decade after 1870 to be broadly representative of the whole country.

United States poet who celebrated the greatness of America (1819-1892)

From this reading Whitman, "Thou Mother" Some critics find little or no American literature of a distinctly national spirit prior to 1876, and they explain the lack of it on the assumption that Americans were too far apart and too much occupied with local or sectional interests for any author to represent the nation.

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

From this reading Whatever exaggeration there may be in that fine poetic figure, it is certain that our literature, once confined to a few schools or centers, began in the decade after 1870 to be broadly representative of the whole country.

in the company of; together with

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.

plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading It was even said at the time of the Centennial Exposition that our countrymen had never met, save on the battlefields of the Civil War, until the common interest in Jubilee Year drew men and women from the four quarters of America "around the old family altar at Philadelphia."

but in spite of that

From this reading THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD Thou Mother with thy equal brood, Thou varied chain of different States, yet one identity only, A special song before I go I'd sing o'er all the rest: For thee, the Future.