Chapter XXIX

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

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

higher than, or over, something

From this reading For this reason, I am particular in the language above employed, and I think that every genuine Quod will see the value and the force of my vindication and use of this phrase.

speak to

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

(Greek mythology) the king who lead the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan War

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

(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 Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

past form of “allow” — make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

past form of “allude” — make a more or less disguised reference to

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading By way of digression, I would take this occasion to remark upon the extreme appropriateness of the phrase which is now universally used in describing meetings of the people, and which always refers to them as _freemen_.

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading For this reason, I am particular in the language above employed, and I think that every genuine Quod will see the value and the force of my vindication and use of this phrase.

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

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

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

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of Peter; patron saint of Scotland

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

subject to appointment

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

past form of “appropriate” — give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

appropriate conduct; doing the right thing

From this reading By way of digression, I would take this occasion to remark upon the extreme appropriateness of the phrase which is now universally used in describing meetings of the people, and which always refers to them as _freemen_.

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

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

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

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

plural of “attempt” — earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

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

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

in addition to; as well as

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

(of goods and merchandise) marked or labeled by a distinctive word or symbol indicating exclusive rights

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

plural of “break” — some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

the part of the face above the eyes

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading By way of digression, I would take this occasion to remark upon the extreme appropriateness of the phrase which is now universally used in describing meetings of the people, and which always refers to them as _freemen_.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

put or send forth

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

widely known and esteemed

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

a large gathering of people

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of punishment

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

cause to herd, drive, or crowd together

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

expressive of low opinion

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

-ing form of “describe” — give a description of

From this reading By way of digression, I would take this occasion to remark upon the extreme appropriateness of the phrase which is now universally used in describing meetings of the people, and which always refers to them as _freemen_.

a message that departs from the main subject

From this reading By way of digression, I would take this occasion to remark upon the extreme appropriateness of the phrase which is now universally used in describing meetings of the people, and which always refers to them as _freemen_.

a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

complete or carry out

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

cause to be distrusted or disbelieved

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

trained in a skill by repetitious practice

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary

From this reading For this reason, I am particular in the language above employed, and I think that every genuine Quod will see the value and the force of my vindication and use of this phrase.

divisible by two

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

at any time

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

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

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity

From this reading By way of digression, I would take this occasion to remark upon the extreme appropriateness of the phrase which is now universally used in describing meetings of the people, and which always refers to them as _freemen_.

to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

opinion or judgment

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

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From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

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From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

a powerful effect or influence

From this reading For this reason, I am particular in the language above employed, and I think that every genuine Quod will see the value and the force of my vindication and use of this phrase.

at or to or toward the front

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

past form of “foster” — promote the growth of

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

grant freedom to; free from confinement

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

plural of “freeman” — a person who is not a serf or a slave

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

superlative of “free” — not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

brought together in one place

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

not fake or counterfeit

From this reading For this reason, I am particular in the language above employed, and I think that every genuine Quod will see the value and the force of my vindication and use of this phrase.

the body of people who are citizens of a particular government

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

possessive form of “grant” — any monetary aid

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

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

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

easy to reach

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

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From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

having services engaged for a fee

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

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From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

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

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

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From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

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

From this reading By way of digression, I would take this occasion to remark upon the extreme appropriateness of the phrase which is now universally used in describing meetings of the people, and which always refers to them as _freemen_.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

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From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

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

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

in place of, or as an alternative to

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

plural of “institution” — an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

plural of “instrument” — a device that requires skill for proper use

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

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

From this reading By way of digression, I would take this occasion to remark upon the extreme appropriateness of the phrase which is now universally used in describing meetings of the people, and which always refers to them as _freemen_.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

From this reading For this reason, I am particular in the language above employed, and I think that every genuine Quod will see the value and the force of my vindication and use of this phrase.

the body of people who lead a group

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

freely in a nonliteral manner

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

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

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

a formally arranged gathering

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

plural of “meeting” — a formally arranged gathering

From this reading By way of digression, I would take this occasion to remark upon the extreme appropriateness of the phrase which is now universally used in describing meetings of the people, and which always refers to them as _freemen_.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

used to form the superlative

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading For this reason, I am particular in the language above employed, and I think that every genuine Quod will see the value and the force of my vindication and use of this phrase.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

as might be expected

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

disregarded

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

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From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

not any; not one

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading By way of digression, I would take this occasion to remark upon the extreme appropriateness of the phrase which is now universally used in describing meetings of the people, and which always refers to them as _freemen_.

plural of “observer” — a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

an event that occurs at a critical time

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

something you have to do

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

unequivocally detestable

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

plural of “officer” — any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

above and across; more than

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

unique or specific to a person or thing or category

From this reading For this reason, I am particular in the language above employed, and I think that every genuine Quod will see the value and the force of my vindication and use of this phrase.

plural of “party” — an organization to gain political power

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

a course of conduct

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

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

From this reading By way of digression, I would take this occasion to remark upon the extreme appropriateness of the phrase which is now universally used in describing meetings of the people, and which always refers to them as _freemen_.

salty fluid secreted by sweat glands

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence

From this reading By way of digression, I would take this occasion to remark upon the extreme appropriateness of the phrase which is now universally used in describing meetings of the people, and which always refers to them as _freemen_.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

a handkerchief that is carried in a pocket

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

an executive officer of a firm or corporation

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

-ing form of “preside” — act as president

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

plural of “principle” — a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

the act of punishing

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

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From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

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From this reading For this reason, I am particular in the language above employed, and I think that every genuine Quod will see the value and the force of my vindication and use of this phrase.

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From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

a rational motive for a belief or action

From this reading For this reason, I am particular in the language above employed, and I think that every genuine Quod will see the value and the force of my vindication and use of this phrase.

third-person singular of “refer” — make reference to

From this reading By way of digression, I would take this occasion to remark upon the extreme appropriateness of the phrase which is now universally used in describing meetings of the people, and which always refers to them as _freemen_.

a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information

From this reading By way of digression, I would take this occasion to remark upon the extreme appropriateness of the phrase which is now universally used in describing meetings of the people, and which always refers to them as _freemen_.

a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

considered individually

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

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

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

plural of “secretary” — a person who is head of an administrative department of government

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading For this reason, I am particular in the language above employed, and I think that every genuine Quod will see the value and the force of my vindication and use of this phrase.

mental responsiveness and awareness

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

plural of “servant” — a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

important in effect or meaning

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

from a time in the past until now

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

preliminary drawing for later elaboration

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

plural of “slave” — a person who is owned by someone

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

express in speech

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

plural of “speaker” — someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

the season of growth

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

be standing; be upright

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

plural of “stranger” — anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

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From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

carry out

From this reading By way of digression, I would take this occasion to remark upon the extreme appropriateness of the phrase which is now universally used in describing meetings of the people, and which always refers to them as _freemen_.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

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

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading By way of digression, I would take this occasion to remark upon the extreme appropriateness of the phrase which is now universally used in describing meetings of the people, and which always refers to them as _freemen_.

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From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

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

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

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

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

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

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

(of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

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

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

plural of “tool” — an implement used in the practice of a vocation

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

a successful ending of a struggle or contest

From this reading SCENES AT THE SYCAMORE SPRING--NICODEMUS HANDY'S SPEECH AS PRESIDENT--SKETCH OF ANDREW GRANT'S SPEECH--AGAMEMNON FLAG'S--ATTEMPTS AT INTERRUPTION--THEODORE FOG'S CELEBRATED SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION--ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF PRINCIPLES--HIS TRIUMPH--HIS MISFORTUNE--QUIPES'S DISAPPOINTMENT OF HIS FRIENDS.

everywhere

From this reading By way of digression, I would take this occasion to remark upon the extreme appropriateness of the phrase which is now universally used in describing meetings of the people, and which always refers to them as _freemen_.

not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

incapable of being justified or explained

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading By way of digression, I would take this occasion to remark upon the extreme appropriateness of the phrase which is now universally used in describing meetings of the people, and which always refers to them as _freemen_.

the act of using

From this reading For this reason, I am particular in the language above employed, and I think that every genuine Quod will see the value and the force of my vindication and use of this phrase.

employed in accomplishing something

From this reading By way of digression, I would take this occasion to remark upon the extreme appropriateness of the phrase which is now universally used in describing meetings of the people, and which always refers to them as _freemen_.

a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed

From this reading For this reason, I am particular in the language above employed, and I think that every genuine Quod will see the value and the force of my vindication and use of this phrase.

unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

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From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.

From this reading For this reason, I am particular in the language above employed, and I think that every genuine Quod will see the value and the force of my vindication and use of this phrase.

a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

the act of traveling by foot

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

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

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading By way of digression, I would take this occasion to remark upon the extreme appropriateness of the phrase which is now universally used in describing meetings of the people, and which always refers to them as _freemen_.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

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

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

at the time that

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

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

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

which person or people

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading For this reason, I am particular in the language above employed, and I think that every genuine Quod will see the value and the force of my vindication and use of this phrase.

-ing form of “wipe” — rub with a circular motion

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

in the company of; together with

From this reading When the crowd had gathered around the stand appropriated to the President, the nine Vice-Presidents, and the six Secretaries, besides the speakers who were to address the meeting, and when every officer was in his place, Nicodemus Handy came forward with his pocket-handkerchief in his hand, wiping from his brow the perspiration, which naturally breaks out on a man of sensibility and wealth when called to discharge the honorable and responsible function of presiding over a vast concourse of freemen.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading Ever since the people have been drilled to walk in the way appointed for them by the leaders of their respective parties, and are so liberally told how they must think, speak, and vote; and when no man is allowed to walk out of that path without being threatened with condign punishment, it is extremely proper, in order to avoid odious imputations which malevolent observers might cast upon them, on all occasions to employ the phrase I have alluded to; since, if this were neglected, these malevolent observers might take it into their heads to call the people of our free Republic Tools, Instruments, Rank-and-File, and other names significant of a state of subserviency, which in the eyes of strangers might cast discredit on our free institutions: even the _officers_ of our government might be branded with the name of _hirelings_ and _servants_, and an opinion might thus be fostered that, instead of being the freest nation upon earth, we were a set of slaves governed by a set of hired servants--a most unwarrantable, unjust, and derogatory conclusion.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading By way of digression, I would take this occasion to remark upon the extreme appropriateness of the phrase which is now universally used in describing meetings of the people, and which always refers to them as _freemen_.