Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

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From this reading _PUNCH'S_ WRITERS: 1843-51.

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From this reading _PUNCH'S_ WRITERS: 1843-51.

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

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading _Punch_ had been running about eight months when, in Wills's words, "a handsome young student returned from Germany and was heartily welcomed by his brother, Mr. Henry Mayhew, and then by the rest of the fraternity."

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From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

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

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading This was at the particular _Punch_ meeting at which Mr. Hamerton was present.

a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia

From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

the act of creating written works

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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

From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

(Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading _Punch_ had been running about eight months when, in Wills's words, "a handsome young student returned from Germany and was heartily welcomed by his brother, Mr. Henry Mayhew, and then by the rest of the fraternity."

accept as true; take to be true

From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963)

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

a male with the same parents as someone else

From this reading _Punch_ had been running about eight months when, in Wills's words, "a handsome young student returned from Germany and was heartily welcomed by his brother, Mr. Henry Mayhew, and then by the rest of the fraternity."

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

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

past form of “claim” — assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

(Middle Ages) an imaginary land of luxury and idleness

From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

the body of faculty and students of a college

From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

past form of “compare” — examine and note the similarities or differences of

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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

From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

past form of “consist” — originate

From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

plural of “critic” — a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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

From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

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

From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

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

From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

a word used in exclamations of confusion

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

a document certifying the successful completion of a course of study

From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

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

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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

From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

third-person singular of “earn” — earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

American theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America (1703-1758)

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

being one more than seven

From this reading _Punch_ had been running about eight months when, in Wills's words, "a handsome young student returned from Germany and was heartily welcomed by his brother, Mr. Henry Mayhew, and then by the rest of the fraternity."

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

From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use “Europe” to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

a social club for male undergraduates

From this reading _Punch_ had been running about eight months when, in Wills's words, "a handsome young student returned from Germany and was heartily welcomed by his brother, Mr. Henry Mayhew, and then by the rest of the fraternity."

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading _Punch_ had been running about eight months when, in Wills's words, "a handsome young student returned from Germany and was heartily welcomed by his brother, Mr. Henry Mayhew, and then by the rest of the fraternity."

a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990

From this reading _Punch_ had been running about eight months when, in Wills's words, "a handsome young student returned from Germany and was heartily welcomed by his brother, Mr. Henry Mayhew, and then by the rest of the fraternity."

of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope

From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading _Punch_ had been running about eight months when, in Wills's words, "a handsome young student returned from Germany and was heartily welcomed by his brother, Mr. Henry Mayhew, and then by the rest of the fraternity."

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From this reading This was at the particular _Punch_ meeting at which Mr. Hamerton was present.

pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion

From this reading _Punch_ had been running about eight months when, in Wills's words, "a handsome young student returned from Germany and was heartily welcomed by his brother, Mr. Henry Mayhew, and then by the rest of the fraternity."

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From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

with gusto and without reservation

From this reading _Punch_ had been running about eight months when, in Wills's words, "a handsome young student returned from Germany and was heartily welcomed by his brother, Mr. Henry Mayhew, and then by the rest of the fraternity."

a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

an aggressive and violent young criminal

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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

From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

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

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

third-person singular of “introduce” — cause to come to know personally

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

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From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth

From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

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From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)

From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

of or relating to or characteristic of literature

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

English writer of historical romances (1803-1873)

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

Scottish clan leader and outlaw who was the subject of a 1817 novel by Sir Walter Scott (1671-1734)

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

attach a tag or label to

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937)

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

a formally arranged gathering

From this reading This was at the particular _Punch_ meeting at which Mr. Hamerton was present.

not able to be found

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year

From this reading _Punch_ had been running about eight months when, in Wills's words, "a handsome young student returned from Germany and was heartily welcomed by his brother, Mr. Henry Mayhew, and then by the rest of the fraternity."

a form of address for a man

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

a lyric poem with complex stanza forms

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

the place where something begins, where it springs into being

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

above and across; more than

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

unique or specific to a person or thing or category

From this reading This was at the particular _Punch_ meeting at which Mr. Hamerton was present.

past form of “pass” — go across or through

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading This was at the particular _Punch_ meeting at which Mr. Hamerton was present.

deliver a quick blow to

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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From this reading _PUNCH'S_ WRITERS: 1843-51.

plural of “question” — an instance of questioning

From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

the reestablishing of cordial relations

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

plural of “reflection” — a calm, lengthy, intent consideration

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

not move; be in a resting position

From this reading _Punch_ had been running about eight months when, in Wills's words, "a handsome young student returned from Germany and was heartily welcomed by his brother, Mr. Henry Mayhew, and then by the rest of the fraternity."

the state of being retired from one's business or occupation

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading _Punch_ had been running about eight months when, in Wills's words, "a handsome young student returned from Germany and was heartily welcomed by his brother, Mr. Henry Mayhew, and then by the rest of the fraternity."

take something away by force or without the consent of the owner

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream

From this reading _Punch_ had been running about eight months when, in Wills's words, "a handsome young student returned from Germany and was heartily welcomed by his brother, Mr. Henry Mayhew, and then by the rest of the fraternity."

work done by one person or group that benefits another

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

a garment worn on the upper half of the body

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

a short musical composition with words

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution

From this reading _Punch_ had been running about eight months when, in Wills's words, "a handsome young student returned from Germany and was heartily welcomed by his brother, Mr. Henry Mayhew, and then by the rest of the fraternity."

Australian operatic soprano (born in 1926)

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

United States composer and music critic (1885-1966)

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

possessive form of “taylor” — United States composer and music critic (1885-1966)

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892)

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading _Punch_ had been running about eight months when, in Wills's words, "a handsome young student returned from Germany and was heartily welcomed by his brother, Mr. Henry Mayhew, and then by the rest of the fraternity."

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

From this reading This was at the particular _Punch_ meeting at which Mr. Hamerton was present.

United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

male cat

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

past form of “translate” — restate (words) from one language into another language

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

literature in metrical form

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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From this reading Horace Mayhew's diploma joke consisted, I believe, of "Questions addressees au grand concours aux eleves d'Anglais, du College St. Badaud dans le Departement de la Haute Cockaigne" (Vol. III. p.

a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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

From this reading _Punch_ had been running about eight months when, in Wills's words, "a handsome young student returned from Germany and was heartily welcomed by his brother, Mr. Henry Mayhew, and then by the rest of the fraternity."

past form of “welcome” — accept gladly

From this reading _Punch_ had been running about eight months when, in Wills's words, "a handsome young student returned from Germany and was heartily welcomed by his brother, Mr. Henry Mayhew, and then by the rest of the fraternity."

at the time that

From this reading _Punch_ had been running about eight months when, in Wills's words, "a handsome young student returned from Germany and was heartily welcomed by his brother, Mr. Henry Mayhew, and then by the rest of the fraternity."

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading This was at the particular _Punch_ meeting at which Mr. Hamerton was present.

morally bad in principle or practice

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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

From this reading _Punch_ had been running about eight months when, in Wills's words, "a handsome young student returned from Germany and was heartily welcomed by his brother, Mr. Henry Mayhew, and then by the rest of the fraternity."

in the company of; together with

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

the words that are spoken

From this reading _Punch_ had been running about eight months when, in Wills's words, "a handsome young student returned from Germany and was heartily welcomed by his brother, Mr. Henry Mayhew, and then by the rest of the fraternity."

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

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

plural of “writer” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading _PUNCH'S_ WRITERS: 1843-51.

possessive form of “year” — a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Others--Translated throughout Europe--A Missing Verse--Hood Compared with Jerrold--"Reflections on New Year's Day"--Dr. E. V. Kenealy--J. W. Ferguson--Charles Lever--Laman Blanchard--Tom Taylor--Passed over by Shirley Brooks--Taylor's Critics--Mr. Coventry Patmore--"Jacob Omnium"--Tennyson _v._ Bulwer Lytton--Horace Smith--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--Mr. Henry Silver--Introduces Charles Keene--His Literary Work--Service to Leech--Retirement--Mr. Sutherland Edwards--Charles Dickens and _Punch_--Sothern Earns his Dinner--Reconciliation of Dickens and Mark Lemon--J. L. Hannay--Cuthbert Bede.

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

From this reading _Punch_ had been running about eight months when, in Wills's words, "a handsome young student returned from Germany and was heartily welcomed by his brother, Mr. Henry Mayhew, and then by the rest of the fraternity."