Chapter I · Chapter 1

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

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

(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 _To H.C., six Years old_ _Among all lovely things my Love had been_ _I travell'd among unknown Men_ _Ode to Duty_ POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading _To H.C., six Years old_ _Among all lovely things my Love had been_ _I travell'd among unknown Men_ _Ode to Duty_ POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.

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

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

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

From this reading AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS._ Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.

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

From this reading AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS._ Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading _To H.C., six Years old_ _Among all lovely things my Love had been_ _I travell'd among unknown Men_ _Ode to Duty_ POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.

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From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading _To H.C., six Years old_ _Among all lovely things my Love had been_ _I travell'd among unknown Men_ _Ode to Duty_ POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.

a large and stately mansion

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

for the most part

From this reading _To H.C., six Years old_ _Among all lovely things my Love had been_ _I travell'd among unknown Men_ _Ode to Duty_ POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.

serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress

From this reading _To H.C., six Years old_ _Among all lovely things my Love had been_ _I travell'd among unknown Men_ _Ode to Duty_ POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.

the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

From this reading AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS._ Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.

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From this reading AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS._ Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.

give pleasure to or be pleasing to

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading _To H.C., six Years old_ _Among all lovely things my Love had been_ _I travell'd among unknown Men_ _Ode to Duty_ POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.

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

From this reading _To H.C., six Years old_ _Among all lovely things my Love had been_ _I travell'd among unknown Men_ _Ode to Duty_ POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.

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From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

decreasing in amount or degree

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading _To H.C., six Years old_ _Among all lovely things my Love had been_ _I travell'd among unknown Men_ _Ode to Duty_ POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.

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From this reading AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS._ Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.

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From this reading AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS._ Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

From this reading _To H.C., six Years old_ _Among all lovely things my Love had been_ _I travell'd among unknown Men_ _Ode to Duty_ POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.

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

From this reading _To H.C., six Years old_ _Among all lovely things my Love had been_ _I travell'd among unknown Men_ _Ode to Duty_ POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

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

From this reading I.

young domestic cat

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

plural of “leaf” — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

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From this reading AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS._ Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading _To H.C., six Years old_ _Among all lovely things my Love had been_ _I travell'd among unknown Men_ _Ode to Duty_ POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.

appealing to the emotions as well as the eye

From this reading _To H.C., six Years old_ _Among all lovely things my Love had been_ _I travell'd among unknown Men_ _Ode to Duty_ POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.

suitable for or suggestive of singing

From this reading AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS._ Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.

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From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

the force of workers available

From this reading _To H.C., six Years old_ _Among all lovely things my Love had been_ _I travell'd among unknown Men_ _Ode to Duty_ POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.

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From this reading AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS._ Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.

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

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

type genus of the Musaceae: bananas

From this reading AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS._ Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading _To H.C., six Years old_ _Among all lovely things my Love had been_ _I travell'd among unknown Men_ _Ode to Duty_ POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.

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From this reading AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS._ Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.

a lyric poem with complex stanza forms

From this reading _To H.C., six Years old_ _Among all lovely things my Love had been_ _I travell'd among unknown Men_ _Ode to Duty_ POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS._ Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.

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

From this reading _To H.C., six Years old_ _Among all lovely things my Love had been_ _I travell'd among unknown Men_ _Ode to Duty_ POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _To H.C., six Years old_ _Among all lovely things my Love had been_ _I travell'd among unknown Men_ _Ode to Duty_ POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

A ghost or apparition; a figment of the imagination or a hidden dweller.

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

plural of “poem” — a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

From this reading _To H.C., six Years old_ _Among all lovely things my Love had been_ _I travell'd among unknown Men_ _Ode to Duty_ POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.

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From this reading AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS._ Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.

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

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

Identical; not different.

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

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From this reading AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS._ Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.

the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

plural of “sister” — a female person who has the same parents as another person

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

From this reading _To H.C., six Years old_ _Among all lovely things my Love had been_ _I travell'd among unknown Men_ _Ode to Duty_ POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.

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

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

a state of social isolation

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

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From this reading AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS._ Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.

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From this reading AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS._ Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.

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

From this reading AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS._ Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading _To H.C., six Years old_ _Among all lovely things my Love had been_ _I travell'd among unknown Men_ _Ode to Duty_ POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.

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From this reading AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS._ Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.

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

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area

From this reading _To H.C., six Years old_ _Among all lovely things my Love had been_ _I travell'd among unknown Men_ _Ode to Duty_ POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.

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From this reading _To H.C., six Years old_ _Among all lovely things my Love had been_ _I travell'd among unknown Men_ _Ode to Duty_ POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.

not known

From this reading _To H.C., six Years old_ _Among all lovely things my Love had been_ _I travell'd among unknown Men_ _Ode to Duty_ POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.

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From this reading VOL.

someone engaged in or experienced in warfare

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

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

From this reading _She was a Phantom of delight_ _The Sailor's Mother_ _To the Small Celandine_ _To the same Flower_ _Character of the Happy Warrior_ _The Horn of Egremont Castle_ _The Affliction of Margaret ---- of ----_ _The Kitten and the falling Leaves_ _The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie_

a late time of life

From this reading _To H.C., six Years old_ _Among all lovely things my Love had been_ _I travell'd among unknown Men_ _Ode to Duty_ POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.