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1828
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
5
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
advancement
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
affection
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
afraid
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From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
all
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From this reading Did he really think that all genius was concentred in his own time, or in his own bosom?
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading With his pride of ancestry, had he no curiosity to explore the heraldry of intellect? or did he regard the Muse as an upstart—a mere modern _bluestocking_ and fine lady?
ancestry
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From this reading With his pride of ancestry, had he no curiosity to explore the heraldry of intellect? or did he regard the Muse as an upstart—a mere modern _bluestocking_ and fine lady?
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
any
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From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
apparent
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
April
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading With his pride of ancestry, had he no curiosity to explore the heraldry of intellect? or did he regard the Muse as an upstart—a mere modern _bluestocking_ and fine lady?
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
birth
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From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
bluestocking
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From this reading With his pride of ancestry, had he no curiosity to explore the heraldry of intellect? or did he regard the Muse as an upstart—a mere modern _bluestocking_ and fine lady?
bosom
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From this reading Did he really think that all genius was concentred in his own time, or in his own bosom?
Burke
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From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
BYRON
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
Byron's
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
concentred
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From this reading Did he really think that all genius was concentred in his own time, or in his own bosom?
contrast
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
costume
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
cure
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From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
curiosity
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From this reading With his pride of ancestry, had he no curiosity to explore the heraldry of intellect? or did he regard the Muse as an upstart—a mere modern _bluestocking_ and fine lady?
day
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
Didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did he really think that all genius was concentred in his own time, or in his own bosom?
disjointed
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
display
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
effect
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
enlarging
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From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
ever
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
excited
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
explore
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From this reading With his pride of ancestry, had he no curiosity to explore the heraldry of intellect? or did he regard the Muse as an upstart—a mere modern _bluestocking_ and fine lady?
feeling
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
fine
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From this reading With his pride of ancestry, had he no curiosity to explore the heraldry of intellect? or did he regard the Muse as an upstart—a mere modern _bluestocking_ and fine lady?
first
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
full
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From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
genius
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From this reading Did he really think that all genius was concentred in his own time, or in his own bosom?
grandeur
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
grotesque
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading With his pride of ancestry, had he no curiosity to explore the heraldry of intellect? or did he regard the Muse as an upstart—a mere modern _bluestocking_ and fine lady?
haste
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
heart
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
heraldry
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From this reading With his pride of ancestry, had he no curiosity to explore the heraldry of intellect? or did he regard the Muse as an upstart—a mere modern _bluestocking_ and fine lady?
high
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From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
Hunt
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
immediate
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From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
impatient
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From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
impressions
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Did he really think that all genius was concentred in his own time, or in his own bosom?
indifference
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
inordinate
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From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
instead
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From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
intellect
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From this reading With his pride of ancestry, had he no curiosity to explore the heraldry of intellect? or did he regard the Muse as an upstart—a mere modern _bluestocking_ and fine lady?
interest
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
lady
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From this reading With his pride of ancestry, had he no curiosity to explore the heraldry of intellect? or did he regard the Muse as an upstart—a mere modern _bluestocking_ and fine lady?
lent
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
London
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
Lord
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
make
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From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
man
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From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
mere
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From this reading With his pride of ancestry, had he no curiosity to explore the heraldry of intellect? or did he regard the Muse as an upstart—a mere modern _bluestocking_ and fine lady?
mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
modern
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From this reading With his pride of ancestry, had he no curiosity to explore the heraldry of intellect? or did he regard the Muse as an upstart—a mere modern _bluestocking_ and fine lady?
more
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From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
most
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From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
Mr
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
much
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
Muse
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From this reading With his pride of ancestry, had he no curiosity to explore the heraldry of intellect? or did he regard the Muse as an upstart—a mere modern _bluestocking_ and fine lady?
narrow
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From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
natural
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading With his pride of ancestry, had he no curiosity to explore the heraldry of intellect? or did he regard the Muse as an upstart—a mere modern _bluestocking_ and fine lady?
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
novelty
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
object
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
only
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From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Did he really think that all genius was concentred in his own time, or in his own bosom?
own
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From this reading Did he really think that all genius was concentred in his own time, or in his own bosom?
pleased
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
poetry
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
predicates
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From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
present
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
pride
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From this reading With his pride of ancestry, had he no curiosity to explore the heraldry of intellect? or did he regard the Muse as an upstart—a mere modern _bluestocking_ and fine lady?
progress
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
really
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From this reading Did he really think that all genius was concentred in his own time, or in his own bosom?
recollect
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
recurrence
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
refining
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From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
regard
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From this reading With his pride of ancestry, had he no curiosity to explore the heraldry of intellect? or did he regard the Muse as an upstart—a mere modern _bluestocking_ and fine lady?
restless
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
return
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
Review
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
round
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
selfish
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From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
single
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
Spenser
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
station
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From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
stimulus
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From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
sullen
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
surprise
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
surprised
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Did he really think that all genius was concentred in his own time, or in his own bosom?
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
there
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
think
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From this reading Did he really think that all genius was concentred in his own time, or in his own bosom?
time
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From this reading Did he really think that all genius was concentred in his own time, or in his own bosom?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
twining
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
up
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
upstart
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From this reading With his pride of ancestry, had he no curiosity to explore the heraldry of intellect? or did he regard the Muse as an upstart—a mere modern _bluestocking_ and fine lady?
views
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From this reading I am afraid that high birth and station, instead of being (as Mr. Burke predicates,) ‘a cure for a narrow and selfish mind,’ only make a man more full of himself, and, instead of enlarging and refining his views, impatient of any but the most inordinate and immediate stimulus.
volume
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
Weekly
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With his pride of ancestry, had he no curiosity to explore the heraldry of intellect? or did he regard the Muse as an upstart—a mere modern _bluestocking_ and fine lady?
WORDSWORTH
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From this reading BYRON AND WORDSWORTH _The London Weekly Review._] [_April 5, 1828._ I am much surprised at Lord Byron’s haste to return a volume of Spenser, which was lent him by Mr. Hunt, and at his apparent indifference to the progress and (if he pleased) _advancement_ of poetry up to the present day.
writings
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From this reading I do not recollect, in all Lord Byron’s writings, a single recurrence to a feeling or object that had ever excited an interest before; there is no display of natural affection—no twining of the heart round any object: all is the restless and disjointed effect of first impressions, of novelty, contrast, surprise, grotesque costume, or sullen grandeur.
