Chapter III

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

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading conception of what a garden should be--The charms of wild gardening--A talk about Bacon--His greatness and his baseness--Nonsuch--John Evelyn and his love of a garden--His ride along the Mediterranean coast--Elizabeth of York's bower--Sir Thomas More's garden--The gardens at

the part of the day between noon and evening

From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

used to show sadness, pity, or regret

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

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

From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

Having no one else present.

From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading conception of what a garden should be--The charms of wild gardening--A talk about Bacon--His greatness and his baseness--Nonsuch--John Evelyn and his love of a garden--His ride along the Mediterranean coast--Elizabeth of York's bower--Sir Thomas More's garden--The gardens at

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

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

From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe)

From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

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

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

plural of “annual” — (botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

a department of Greece in the central Peloponnese

From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

third-person singular of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off

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

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

a native or inhabitant of Austria

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried

From this reading conception of what a garden should be--The charms of wild gardening--A talk about Bacon--His greatness and his baseness--Nonsuch--John Evelyn and his love of a garden--His ride along the Mediterranean coast--Elizabeth of York's bower--Sir Thomas More's garden--The gardens at

possessive form of “bacon” — back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried

From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values

From this reading conception of what a garden should be--The charms of wild gardening--A talk about Bacon--His greatness and his baseness--Nonsuch--John Evelyn and his love of a garden--His ride along the Mediterranean coast--Elizabeth of York's bower--Sir Thomas More's garden--The gardens at

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

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off

plural of “beauty” — the qualities that give pleasure to the senses

From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

the qualities that give pleasure to the senses

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

Directly under; in or to a lower position than.

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

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

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

a line that indicates a boundary

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

a framework that supports climbing plants

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

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

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

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

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off

feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

plural of “century” — a period of 100 years

From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

plural of “charm” — attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates

From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

English poet remembered as author of the Canterbury Tales (1340-1400)

From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

possessive form of “chaucer” — English poet remembered as author of the Canterbury Tales (1340-1400)

From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off

any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

the shore of a sea or ocean

From this reading conception of what a garden should be--The charms of wild gardening--A talk about Bacon--His greatness and his baseness--Nonsuch--John Evelyn and his love of a garden--His ride along the Mediterranean coast--Elizabeth of York's bower--Sir Thomas More's garden--The gardens at

garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

several things grouped together or considered as a whole

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

a distinguishing emblem

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

From this reading conception of what a garden should be--The charms of wild gardening--A talk about Bacon--His greatness and his baseness--Nonsuch--John Evelyn and his love of a garden--His ride along the Mediterranean coast--Elizabeth of York's bower--Sir Thomas More's garden--The gardens at

a lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps; forms part of the Rhine River

From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

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

From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

a man who is a stupid incompetent fool

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

plural of “daydream” — absentminded dreaming while awake

From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

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From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven

From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)

From this reading conception of what a garden should be--The charms of wild gardening--A talk about Bacon--His greatness and his baseness--Nonsuch--John Evelyn and his love of a garden--His ride along the Mediterranean coast--Elizabeth of York's bower--Sir Thomas More's garden--The gardens at

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good (341-270 BC)

From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

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From this reading conception of what a garden should be--The charms of wild gardening--A talk about Bacon--His greatness and his baseness--Nonsuch--John Evelyn and his love of a garden--His ride along the Mediterranean coast--Elizabeth of York's bower--Sir Thomas More's garden--The gardens at

the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

the feeling of lively and cheerful joy

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

descend in free fall under the influence of gravity

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off

go or come after and bring or take back

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

provided with a frame

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off

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

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

the cultivation of plants

From this reading conception of what a garden should be--The charms of wild gardening--A talk about Bacon--His greatness and his baseness--Nonsuch--John Evelyn and his love of a garden--His ride along the Mediterranean coast--Elizabeth of York's bower--Sir Thomas More's garden--The gardens at

plural of “garden” — a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off

a state of high honor

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

dazzlingly beautiful

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

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

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence

From this reading conception of what a garden should be--The charms of wild gardening--A talk about Bacon--His greatness and his baseness--Nonsuch--John Evelyn and his love of a garden--His ride along the Mediterranean coast--Elizabeth of York's bower--Sir Thomas More's garden--The gardens at

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From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

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From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

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

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off

a county of southern England on the English Channel

From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

United States musician who was the first to use the vibraphone as a jazz instrument (1913-2002)

From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

to a considerable degree

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

give help or assistance; be of service

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off

hardy English breed of cattle raised extensively in United States

From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

(Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera

From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

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

From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., “monolingual” has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

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

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

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

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

resulting from one's intentions

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off

plural of “iris” — plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)

From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading conception of what a garden should be--The charms of wild gardening--A talk about Bacon--His greatness and his baseness--Nonsuch--John Evelyn and his love of a garden--His ride along the Mediterranean coast--Elizabeth of York's bower--Sir Thomas More's garden--The gardens at

the month following June and preceding August

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

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From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

immediately past

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading conception of what a garden should be--The charms of wild gardening--A talk about Bacon--His greatness and his baseness--Nonsuch--John Evelyn and his love of a garden--His ride along the Mediterranean coast--Elizabeth of York's bower--Sir Thomas More's garden--The gardens at

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From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

plural of “marigold” — any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia

From this reading conception of what a garden should be--The charms of wild gardening--A talk about Bacon--His greatness and his baseness--Nonsuch--John Evelyn and his love of a garden--His ride along the Mediterranean coast--Elizabeth of York's bower--Sir Thomas More's garden--The gardens at

treat with contempt

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

a particular point in time

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

secure in or as if in a berth or dock

From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

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From this reading conception of what a garden should be--The charms of wild gardening--A talk about Bacon--His greatness and his baseness--Nonsuch--John Evelyn and his love of a garden--His ride along the Mediterranean coast--Elizabeth of York's bower--Sir Thomas More's garden--The gardens at

tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

From this reading conception of what a garden should be--The charms of wild gardening--A talk about Bacon--His greatness and his baseness--Nonsuch--John Evelyn and his love of a garden--His ride along the Mediterranean coast--Elizabeth of York's bower--Sir Thomas More's garden--The gardens at

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off

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

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property

From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

the time that has elapsed

From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

plural of “pea” — seed of a pea plant used for food

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

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From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

plural of “peony” — any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

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From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)

From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

the quantity of a crop that is harvested

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off

third-person singular of “prove” — be shown or be found to be

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off

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From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

plural of “rambler” — a person who takes long walks in the country

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions

From this reading conception of what a garden should be--The charms of wild gardening--A talk about Bacon--His greatness and his baseness--Nonsuch--John Evelyn and his love of a garden--His ride along the Mediterranean coast--Elizabeth of York's bower--Sir Thomas More's garden--The gardens at

plural of “rose” — any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts

From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

-ing form of “secure” — get by special effort

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

perception by means of the eyes

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off

the visual property of something that shines with reflected light

From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

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From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading conception of what a garden should be--The charms of wild gardening--A talk about Bacon--His greatness and his baseness--Nonsuch--John Evelyn and his love of a garden--His ride along the Mediterranean coast--Elizabeth of York's bower--Sir Thomas More's garden--The gardens at

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From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

term of address for a man

From this reading conception of what a garden should be--The charms of wild gardening--A talk about Bacon--His greatness and his baseness--Nonsuch--John Evelyn and his love of a garden--His ride along the Mediterranean coast--Elizabeth of York's bower--Sir Thomas More's garden--The gardens at

A legendary king renowned for his wisdom and fabulous hidden mines.

From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

use up a period of time in a specific way

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off

impressive in appearance

From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

a flight of stairs or a flight of steps

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

having strength or power greater than average or expected

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

A noble monarch or supreme sovereign ruler of an Islamic country or empire.

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

possessive form of “summer” — the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial

From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

a county in southeastern England on the Thames

From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

believed likely

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

exchange thoughts; talk with

From this reading conception of what a garden should be--The charms of wild gardening--A talk about Bacon--His greatness and his baseness--Nonsuch--John Evelyn and his love of a garden--His ride along the Mediterranean coast--Elizabeth of York's bower--Sir Thomas More's garden--The gardens at

plural of “tea” — a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

possessive form of “temple” — place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity

From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

plural of “terrier” — any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off

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

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

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

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)

From this reading conception of what a garden should be--The charms of wild gardening--A talk about Bacon--His greatness and his baseness--Nonsuch--John Evelyn and his love of a garden--His ride along the Mediterranean coast--Elizabeth of York's bower--Sir Thomas More's garden--The gardens at

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

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off

accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

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From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps

From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

any period of seven consecutive days

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off

a borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey

From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

used to ask for information about something

From this reading conception of what a garden should be--The charms of wild gardening--A talk about Bacon--His greatness and his baseness--Nonsuch--John Evelyn and his love of a garden--His ride along the Mediterranean coast--Elizabeth of York's bower--Sir Thomas More's garden--The gardens at

in or at the place that

From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

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

From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

plural of “wreath” — flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes

From this reading Hampton Court--Moor Park and its beauties in Hereford--Sheen--Sir William Temple's Moor Park in Surrey--His sundial--The gardens of the ancients--The garden where Epicurus walked--Where Solomon wrote--The Hesperides--The garden of Alcinous--Chaucer's earthly paradise--Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia--The wreaths of other centuries--The

inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work

From this reading to Constance, and I am left alone--An afternoon of happy daydreams, past and present--The old Hampshire garden--The great gardens of England--Shipton and its charms--James I. of Scotland and his Quhair--The garden at Westminster where Chaucer wrote--Lord Bacon's stately

wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows

From this reading _JULY_ A perfect summer's day--Wild birds strong on the wing--They can mock at the terriers--My roses in full glory--My collection of Moss roses--Chinese larkspurs or delphiniums--Larkspurs of many strange colours--Chinese peonies--The glory of the tree peony--A hedge of Austrian briar--The hybrid teas--The charm and excellence--The gorgeous hybrid perpetuals--Irises and their beauty--Crimson ramblers and Penzance briars--The bower garden--The charm of annuals--The border beneath the old greengages--Marigolds--Stocks--Love-in-the-Mist--Sweet sultan and cockscomb--Sweet peas in lines for picking--Bess's treasure--Great excitement--A great twittering in the great yew hedge--A cat the suspected cause--Greenfinches hover round us--I see a nest--We fetch the garden steps--A moment of glory--Alas!

possessive form of “york” — the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

From this reading conception of what a garden should be--The charms of wild gardening--A talk about Bacon--His greatness and his baseness--Nonsuch--John Evelyn and his love of a garden--His ride along the Mediterranean coast--Elizabeth of York's bower--Sir Thomas More's garden--The gardens at

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

From this reading I fall, and heavily, in securing the prize--The treasure proves to be a young cuckoo--Terror of the children--Help at last arrives--I cannot spend the week, as I had intended, seeing friends framed in their gardens--The children flit off