Chapter III · Chapter 3

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From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

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

From this reading MY CONFESSIONS AS A SPECIAL ARTIST.

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

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

in addition

From this reading When I rose I was for a moment also reminiscential--but not modest.

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

a native or inhabitant of the United States

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

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

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

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

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

From this reading MY CONFESSIONS AS A SPECIAL ARTIST.

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

From this reading MY CONFESSIONS AS A SPECIAL ARTIST.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Sir William Russell and I were called upon at a banquet in the City to respond to the toast of the Press.

be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

plural of “ball” — round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

a ceremonial dinner party for many people

From this reading Sir William Russell and I were called upon at a banquet in the City to respond to the toast of the Press.

a small vessel for travel on water

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

army unit smaller than a division

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading When I rose I was for a moment also reminiscential--but not modest.

a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

a cowardly and despicable person

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading Sir William Russell and I were called upon at a banquet in the City to respond to the toast of the Press.

a prominent attribute or aspect of something

From this reading Sir William made one of his characteristic, graceful little speeches, reminiscential and modest.

a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

a woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading Sir William Russell and I were called upon at a banquet in the City to respond to the toast of the Press.

past form of “conduct” — direct the course of; manage or control

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

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

From this reading MY CONFESSIONS AS A SPECIAL ARTIST.

a body serving in an administrative capacity

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

United States landscape architect who designed the grounds of the White House and the Capitol Building (1815-1852)

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

put on clothes

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas)

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

extravagant exaggeration

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

something many people believe that is false

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading When I rose I was for a moment also reminiscential--but not modest.

characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution

From this reading Sir William made one of his characteristic, graceful little speeches, reminiscential and modest.

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

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

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

From this reading Sir William made one of his characteristic, graceful little speeches, reminiscential and modest.

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

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

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

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

artwork that helps make something clear or attractive

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

an extemporaneous speech or remark

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

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

From this reading Sir William Russell and I were called upon at a banquet in the City to respond to the toast of the Press.

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

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

a polite name for any woman

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

an agricultural county of eastern England on the North Sea

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Sir William made one of his characteristic, graceful little speeches, reminiscential and modest.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Sir William made one of his characteristic, graceful little speeches, reminiscential and modest.

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself

From this reading Sir William made one of his characteristic, graceful little speeches, reminiscential and modest.

a particular point in time

From this reading When I rose I was for a moment also reminiscential--but not modest.

a form of address for a man

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading MY CONFESSIONS AS A SPECIAL ARTIST.

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading When I rose I was for a moment also reminiscential--but not modest.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Sir William Russell and I were called upon at a banquet in the City to respond to the toast of the Press.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Sir William made one of his characteristic, graceful little speeches, reminiscential and modest.

a city in central Florida; site of Walt Disney World

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

as yourself

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream)

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

-ing form of “pray” — address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

exert pressure or force to or upon

From this reading Sir William Russell and I were called upon at a banquet in the City to respond to the toast of the Press.

any competition

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

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From this reading Sir William made one of his characteristic, graceful little speeches, reminiscential and modest.

show a response or a reaction to something

From this reading Sir William Russell and I were called upon at a banquet in the City to respond to the toast of the Press.

any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses

From this reading When I rose I was for a moment also reminiscential--but not modest.

United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916)

From this reading Sir William Russell and I were called upon at a banquet in the City to respond to the toast of the Press.

term of address for a man

From this reading Sir William Russell and I were called upon at a banquet in the City to respond to the toast of the Press.

(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

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From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

unique or specific to a person or thing or category

From this reading MY CONFESSIONS AS A SPECIAL ARTIST.

plural of “speech” — the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience

From this reading Sir William made one of his characteristic, graceful little speeches, reminiscential and modest.

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

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

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

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From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000)

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

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

From this reading Sir William Russell and I were called upon at a banquet in the City to respond to the toast of the Press.

make brown and crisp by heating

From this reading Sir William Russell and I were called upon at a banquet in the City to respond to the toast of the Press.

the act of testing something

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Sir William Russell and I were called upon at a banquet in the City to respond to the toast of the Press.

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

From this reading When I rose I was for a moment also reminiscential--but not modest.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

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

From this reading Sir William Russell and I were called upon at a banquet in the City to respond to the toast of the Press.

at the time that

From this reading When I rose I was for a moment also reminiscential--but not modest.

in or at the place that

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

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From this reading Sir William Russell and I were called upon at a banquet in the City to respond to the toast of the Press.

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

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.

possessive form of “world” — everything that exists anywhere

From this reading The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Model--All Night Sitting--An Impromptu Easel--"Where there's a Will there's a Way"--The American Sunday Papers--I am Deaf--The Grill--The World's Fair--Exaggeration--Personally Conducted--The Charnel House--10, Downing Street--I attend a Cabinet Council--An Illustration by Mr. Labouchere--The Great Lincolnshire Trial--Praying without Prejudice.