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1819
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showing who or what does the action
From this reading The substance of it was repeated by Hazlitt in his volume of _Lectures on the English Comic Writers_ (1819).
ComicadjectiveUS /ˈkɑːmɪk/
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading The substance of it was repeated by Hazlitt in his volume of _Lectures on the English Comic Writers_ (1819).
disastrousadjectiveUS /dɪˈzæstrəs/
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
From this reading ‘_The disastrous strokes which his youth suffered._’ ‘Some distressful stroke that my youth suffered.’
distressfuladjective
causing distress or worry or anxiety
From this reading ‘_The disastrous strokes which his youth suffered._’ ‘Some distressful stroke that my youth suffered.’
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading The substance of it was repeated by Hazlitt in his volume of _Lectures on the English Comic Writers_ (1819).
essaynounUS /eˈseɪ/
an analytic or interpretive literary composition
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Essayists
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having or given a form or shape
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Hazlittnoun
English essayist and literary critic (1778-1830)
From this reading The substance of it was repeated by Hazlitt in his volume of _Lectures on the English Comic Writers_ (1819).
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The substance of it was repeated by Hazlitt in his volume of _Lectures on the English Comic Writers_ (1819).
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The substance of it was repeated by Hazlitt in his volume of _Lectures on the English Comic Writers_ (1819).
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The substance of it was repeated by Hazlitt in his volume of _Lectures on the English Comic Writers_ (1819).
LectureverbUS /ˈlektʃər/
deliver a lecture or talk
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LecturesnounUS /ˈlektʃərz/
plural of “lecture” — a speech that is open to the public
From this reading The substance of it was repeated by Hazlitt in his volume of _Lectures on the English Comic Writers_ (1819).
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘_The disastrous strokes which his youth suffered._’ ‘Some distressful stroke that my youth suffered.’
not any; not one
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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touching and supported by a surface
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one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
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PeriodicalnounUS /ˌpɪriˈɑːdɪkəl/
a publication that appears at fixed intervals
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recurring again and again
From this reading The substance of it was repeated by Hazlitt in his volume of _Lectures on the English Comic Writers_ (1819).
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
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perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
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similar things placed in order or happening one after another
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(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading ‘_The disastrous strokes which his youth suffered._’ ‘Some distressful stroke that my youth suffered.’
(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
From this reading ‘_The disastrous strokes which his youth suffered._’ ‘Some distressful stroke that my youth suffered.’
strokesnounUS /stroʊks/
plural of “stroke” — (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
From this reading ‘_The disastrous strokes which his youth suffered._’ ‘Some distressful stroke that my youth suffered.’
substancenounUS /ˈsʌbstəns/
the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
From this reading The substance of it was repeated by Hazlitt in his volume of _Lectures on the English Comic Writers_ (1819).
past form of “suffer” — undergo or be subjected to
From this reading ‘_The disastrous strokes which his youth suffered._’ ‘Some distressful stroke that my youth suffered.’
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
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TATLER
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used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘_The disastrous strokes which his youth suffered._’ ‘Some distressful stroke that my youth suffered.’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
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the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading The substance of it was repeated by Hazlitt in his volume of _Lectures on the English Comic Writers_ (1819).
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The substance of it was repeated by Hazlitt in his volume of _Lectures on the English Comic Writers_ (1819).
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading ‘_The disastrous strokes which his youth suffered._’ ‘Some distressful stroke that my youth suffered.’
WritersnounUS /ˈraɪtərz/
plural of “writer” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading The substance of it was repeated by Hazlitt in his volume of _Lectures on the English Comic Writers_ (1819).
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading ‘_The disastrous strokes which his youth suffered._’ ‘Some distressful stroke that my youth suffered.’
