Chapter I · Chapter 1

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

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

later than; following

From this reading CONFESSIONS OF MY CHILDHOOD--AND AFTER.

in addition

From this reading I would also at the outset warn those who may purchase this work in the expectation of finding therein the revelations of a caricaturist's Chamber of Horrors, that they will be disappointed.

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

From this reading CONFESSIONS OF MY CHILDHOOD--AND AFTER.

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

any property detected by the olfactory system

From this reading For the most part they have been penned in odd half-hours as I sat in my easy-chair in the solitude of my studio, surrounded by the aroma of the post-prandial cigarette.

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

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading I would also at the outset warn those who may purchase this work in the expectation of finding therein the revelations of a caricaturist's Chamber of Horrors, that they will be disappointed.

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

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

at or toward the back of something

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

the time when something begins (especially life)

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

plural of “caress” — a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it)

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

someone who parodies in an exaggerated manner

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

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From this reading I would also at the outset warn those who may purchase this work in the expectation of finding therein the revelations of a caricaturist's Chamber of Horrors, that they will be disappointed.

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

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

a natural or artificial enclosed space

From this reading I would also at the outset warn those who may purchase this work in the expectation of finding therein the revelations of a caricaturist's Chamber of Horrors, that they will be disappointed.

the time of person's life when they are a child

From this reading CONFESSIONS OF MY CHILDHOOD--AND AFTER.

finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking

From this reading For the most part they have been penned in odd half-hours as I sat in my easy-chair in the solitude of my studio, surrounded by the aroma of the post-prandial cigarette.

an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

a friend who is frequently in the company of another

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

plural of “confession” — an admission of misdeeds or faults

From this reading CONFESSIONS OF MY CHILDHOOD--AND AFTER.

disappointingly unsuccessful

From this reading I would also at the outset warn those who may purchase this work in the expectation of finding therein the revelations of a caricaturist's Chamber of Horrors, that they will be disappointed.

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From this reading For the most part they have been penned in odd half-hours as I sat in my easy-chair in the solitude of my studio, surrounded by the aroma of the post-prandial cigarette.

a print made from an engraving

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

belief about (or mental picture of) the future

From this reading I would also at the outset warn those who may purchase this work in the expectation of finding therein the revelations of a caricaturist's Chamber of Horrors, that they will be disappointed.

past form of “extract” — remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation

From this reading I would also at the outset warn those who may purchase this work in the expectation of finding therein the revelations of a caricaturist's Chamber of Horrors, that they will be disappointed.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

about to be mentioned or specified

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For the most part they have been penned in odd half-hours as I sat in my easy-chair in the solitude of my studio, surrounded by the aroma of the post-prandial cigarette.

someone who operates a forge

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

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From this reading For the most part they have been penned in odd half-hours as I sat in my easy-chair in the solitude of my studio, surrounded by the aroma of the post-prandial cigarette.

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

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

plural of “horror” — intense and profound fear

From this reading I would also at the outset warn those who may purchase this work in the expectation of finding therein the revelations of a caricaturist's Chamber of Horrors, that they will be disappointed.

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

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

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

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

a person who conducts an interview

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

serving to open or begin

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

people of Ireland or of Irish extraction

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

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From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

undertake a journey or trip

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

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From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

apprehended with certainty

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

immediately past

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

creative writing of recognized artistic value

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading I would also at the outset warn those who may purchase this work in the expectation of finding therein the revelations of a caricaturist's Chamber of Horrors, that they will be disappointed.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

used to form the superlative

From this reading For the most part they have been penned in odd half-hours as I sat in my easy-chair in the solitude of my studio, surrounded by the aroma of the post-prandial cigarette.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading CONFESSIONS OF MY CHILDHOOD--AND AFTER.

not any; not one

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

not divisible by two

From this reading For the most part they have been penned in odd half-hours as I sat in my easy-chair in the solitude of my studio, surrounded by the aroma of the post-prandial cigarette.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading CONFESSIONS OF MY CHILDHOOD--AND AFTER.

something offered (as a proposal or bid)

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

the time at which something is supposed to begin

From this reading I would also at the outset warn those who may purchase this work in the expectation of finding therein the revelations of a caricaturist's Chamber of Horrors, that they will be disappointed.

plural of “page” — one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

the state of being a parent

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading For the most part they have been penned in odd half-hours as I sat in my easy-chair in the solitude of my studio, surrounded by the aroma of the post-prandial cigarette.

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From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

inflected form of “pen” — produce a literary work

From this reading For the most part they have been penned in odd half-hours as I sat in my easy-chair in the solitude of my studio, surrounded by the aroma of the post-prandial cigarette.

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From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

participate in games or sport

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

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From this reading For the most part they have been penned in odd half-hours as I sat in my easy-chair in the solitude of my studio, surrounded by the aroma of the post-prandial cigarette.

plural of “prodigy” — an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

people in general considered as a whole

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

plural of “publisher” — a firm in the publishing business

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

deliver a quick blow to

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

the acquisition of something for payment

From this reading I would also at the outset warn those who may purchase this work in the expectation of finding therein the revelations of a caricaturist's Chamber of Horrors, that they will be disappointed.

not used up

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

plural of “revelation” — the speech act of making something evident

From this reading I would also at the outset warn those who may purchase this work in the expectation of finding therein the revelations of a caricaturist's Chamber of Horrors, that they will be disappointed.

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

From this reading For the most part they have been penned in odd half-hours as I sat in my easy-chair in the solitude of my studio, surrounded by the aroma of the post-prandial cigarette.

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

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

plural of “schoolboy” — a boy attending school

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

a state of social isolation

From this reading For the most part they have been penned in odd half-hours as I sat in my easy-chair in the solitude of my studio, surrounded by the aroma of the post-prandial cigarette.

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

workplace for the teaching or practice of an art

From this reading For the most part they have been penned in odd half-hours as I sat in my easy-chair in the solitude of my studio, surrounded by the aroma of the post-prandial cigarette.

United States architect known for his steel framed skyscrapers and for coining the phrase “form follows function” (1856-1924)

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

confined on all sides

From this reading For the most part they have been penned in odd half-hours as I sat in my easy-chair in the solitude of my studio, surrounded by the aroma of the post-prandial cigarette.

United States composer and music critic (1885-1966)

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

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

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

(formal) in or into that thing or place

From this reading I would also at the outset warn those who may purchase this work in the expectation of finding therein the revelations of a caricaturist's Chamber of Horrors, that they will be disappointed.

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

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

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

From this reading I would also at the outset warn those who may purchase this work in the expectation of finding therein the revelations of a caricaturist's Chamber of Horrors, that they will be disappointed.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

instrument of torture that crushes the thumb

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

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

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

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

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

male cat

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

notify of danger, potential harm, or risk

From this reading I would also at the outset warn those who may purchase this work in the expectation of finding therein the revelations of a caricaturist's Chamber of Horrors, that they will be disappointed.

the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

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

From this reading In offering the following pages to the public, I should like it to be known that no interviewer has extracted them from me by the thumbscrew of a morning call, nor have they been wheedled out of me by the caresses of those iron-maidens of literature, the publishers.

which person or people

From this reading I would also at the outset warn those who may purchase this work in the expectation of finding therein the revelations of a caricaturist's Chamber of Horrors, that they will be disappointed.

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading I would also at the outset warn those who may purchase this work in the expectation of finding therein the revelations of a caricaturist's Chamber of Horrors, that they will be disappointed.

the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading I would also at the outset warn those who may purchase this work in the expectation of finding therein the revelations of a caricaturist's Chamber of Horrors, that they will be disappointed.

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

From this reading I would also at the outset warn those who may purchase this work in the expectation of finding therein the revelations of a caricaturist's Chamber of Horrors, that they will be disappointed.

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

From this reading Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Brothers--Pigott--The Forger--The Irish "Pathriot"--Wood Engraving--Tom Taylor--The Wild West--Judy--Behind the Scenes--Titiens--My First and Last Appearance in a Play--My Journey to London--My Companion--A Coincidence.