Chapter VIII

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

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

a theatrical performer

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

matters of personal concern

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

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

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

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

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

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

From this reading are entirely banished.

inflected form of “arise” — come into existence; take on form or shape

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

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

From this reading There are some temptations very difficult to avoid--for instance, last Saturday we saw gazetted, as a bankrupt, "Sir John Lade, Cornhill, watchmaker!"

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

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

From this reading There are some temptations very difficult to avoid--for instance, last Saturday we saw gazetted, as a bankrupt, "Sir John Lade, Cornhill, watchmaker!"

past form of “avoid” — stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

having undesirable or negative qualities

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

expel from a community or group

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

past form of “banish” — expel from a community or group

From this reading are entirely banished.

reduce to bankruptcy

From this reading There are some temptations very difficult to avoid--for instance, last Saturday we saw gazetted, as a bankrupt, "Sir John Lade, Cornhill, watchmaker!"

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

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

for the reason that

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

someone new to a field or activity

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

the supreme effort one can make

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

plural of “box” — a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

terminate

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

an occurrence of something

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia)

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

direct the course of; manage or control

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

carefully weighed

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

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From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

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From this reading There are some temptations very difficult to avoid--for instance, last Saturday we saw gazetted, as a bankrupt, "Sir John Lade, Cornhill, watchmaker!"

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

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

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

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From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

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From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

plural of “debtor” — a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

From this reading There are some temptations very difficult to avoid--for instance, last Saturday we saw gazetted, as a bankrupt, "Sir John Lade, Cornhill, watchmaker!"

plural of “difficulty” — an effort that is inconvenient

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)

From this reading are entirely banished.

the organ of sight

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

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

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

dismiss from the mind; stop remembering

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

at or to or toward the front

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

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From this reading There are some temptations very difficult to avoid--for instance, last Saturday we saw gazetted, as a bankrupt, "Sir John Lade, Cornhill, watchmaker!"

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

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

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

destroyed or killed

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

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

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

come to pass

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

plural of “hare” — swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

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

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

plural of “heron” — Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

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

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

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From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

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

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

an occurrence of something

From this reading There are some temptations very difficult to avoid--for instance, last Saturday we saw gazetted, as a bankrupt, "Sir John Lade, Cornhill, watchmaker!"

past form of “interdict” — destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

without variation or change, in every case

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

impossible to resist; overpowering

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

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

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading There are some temptations very difficult to avoid--for instance, last Saturday we saw gazetted, as a bankrupt, "Sir John Lade, Cornhill, watchmaker!"

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From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833)

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

a boy or man

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

remove with or as if with a ladle

From this reading There are some temptations very difficult to avoid--for instance, last Saturday we saw gazetted, as a bankrupt, "Sir John Lade, Cornhill, watchmaker!"

young sheep

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

immediately past

From this reading There are some temptations very difficult to avoid--for instance, last Saturday we saw gazetted, as a bankrupt, "Sir John Lade, Cornhill, watchmaker!"

take somebody somewhere

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

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From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

engage in

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

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

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

someone who controls resources and expenditures

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

social deportment

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

in addition to what has just been said

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

a form of address for a man

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

found in the ordinary course of events

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

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

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

the act of making and recording a measurement

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

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

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

and nothing more

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

a legislative assembly in certain countries

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

third-person singular of “perceive” — to become aware of through the senses

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

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From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

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From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

plural of “play” — a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

a future prospect or potential

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

capable of happening or existing

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

fit to be seen

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

to a degree (not used with a negative)

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

controlled or governed according to rule or principle or law

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading There are some temptations very difficult to avoid--for instance, last Saturday we saw gazetted, as a bankrupt, "Sir John Lade, Cornhill, watchmaker!"

cut with a saw

From this reading There are some temptations very difficult to avoid--for instance, last Saturday we saw gazetted, as a bankrupt, "Sir John Lade, Cornhill, watchmaker!"

a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

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From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

plural of “see” — the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

United States divorcee whose marriage to Edward VIII created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

from a time in the past until now

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

term of address for a man

From this reading There are some temptations very difficult to avoid--for instance, last Saturday we saw gazetted, as a bankrupt, "Sir John Lade, Cornhill, watchmaker!"

being four more than sixty

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

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

From this reading There are some temptations very difficult to avoid--for instance, last Saturday we saw gazetted, as a bankrupt, "Sir John Lade, Cornhill, watchmaker!"

the utterance of intelligible speech

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

the season of growth

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

the act of someone who picks up or takes something

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

exchange thoughts; talk with

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

plural of “temptation” — something that seduces or has the quality to seduce

From this reading There are some temptations very difficult to avoid--for instance, last Saturday we saw gazetted, as a bankrupt, "Sir John Lade, Cornhill, watchmaker!"

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From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

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

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

in or at that place or location

From this reading There are some temptations very difficult to avoid--for instance, last Saturday we saw gazetted, as a bankrupt, "Sir John Lade, Cornhill, watchmaker!"

a special situation

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

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

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

a metallic tapping sound

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

bound or secured closely

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

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

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

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

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

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

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

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

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

precisely as stated

From this reading There are some temptations very difficult to avoid--for instance, last Saturday we saw gazetted, as a bankrupt, "Sir John Lade, Cornhill, watchmaker!"

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

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

plural of “watch” — a small portable timepiece

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

someone who makes or repairs watches

From this reading There are some temptations very difficult to avoid--for instance, last Saturday we saw gazetted, as a bankrupt, "Sir John Lade, Cornhill, watchmaker!"

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From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading There are some temptations very difficult to avoid--for instance, last Saturday we saw gazetted, as a bankrupt, "Sir John Lade, Cornhill, watchmaker!"

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

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

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

at the time that

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

a Caucasian

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

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From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Now this, we confess, was a provocation hard of resistance--when one sees a _lad_ of sixty-four _set up_ only to _break down_, and perceives that whatever he may do with _watches_, he could not make a _case_ before the Insolvent Debtors' Court; and moreover, since his taking to watchmaking arose from his having, in the _spring_ of life, gone upon _tick_, and that the circumstance may be considered as a _striking_ instance of a _bad wind-up_--we admit that in the hands of a young beginner such a thing is quite irresistible, but such temptations should be avoided as much as possible.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

From this reading In speaking of Parliament, forget Broom and Birch, Wood and Cole, Scarlett and White, Lamb and the Leakes, the Hares and the Herons, the Cootes and the Cruins--such jumbles will lead into great difficulties, and invariably end, without infinite caution, in an observation, that the conduct of that House is always regulated by the best possible _Manners_.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

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

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

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

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading At the play-house never talk of being a _Pittite_ because you happen not to be in the boxes--never observe what a _Kean_ eye one actor has, or that another can never grow old because he must always be _Young_--never talk of the uncertainty of _Mundane_ affairs in a farce, or observe how _Terrybly_ well a man plays Mr. Simpson--banish from your mind the possibility of saying the Covent Garden manager has put his best _Foot_ forward, or that you should like to go to _Chester_ for a day or two--or that you would give the world to be tied to a _Tree_--or that Mr. _Make ready_ is a presentable actor--all such stuff is interdicted.