Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

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From this reading _PUNCH'S_ WRITERS: 1880-94.

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From this reading _PUNCH'S_ WRITERS: 1880-94.

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

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of Peter; patron saint of Scotland

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

third-person singular of “approve” — give sanction to

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14)

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading "Robert's" literary father is Mr. Deputy John T. Bedford, whose opportunities for studying the ways of the City waiter have necessarily been many and excellent.

a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces

From this reading "Robert, the City waiter" made his low-comedy bow in 1880.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963)

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824)

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

United States mythologist (1904-1987)

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

From this reading The result of his keen observation was introduced to _Punch_ through chance.

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

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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

From this reading "Robert, the City waiter" made his low-comedy bow in 1880.

(of weather or climate) physically mild

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

carefully weighed

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605)

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

an incompetent or clumsy person

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

very good; of the highest quality

From this reading "Robert's" literary father is Mr. Deputy John T. Bedford, whose opportunities for studying the ways of the City waiter have necessarily been many and excellent.

a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading "Robert's" literary father is Mr. Deputy John T. Bedford, whose opportunities for studying the ways of the City waiter have necessarily been many and excellent.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading "Robert's" literary father is Mr. Deputy John T. Bedford, whose opportunities for studying the ways of the City waiter have necessarily been many and excellent.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

liberal British statesman who served as prime minister four times (1809-1898)

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading "Robert's" literary father is Mr. Deputy John T. Bedford, whose opportunities for studying the ways of the City waiter have necessarily been many and excellent.

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 "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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

From this reading "Robert, the City waiter" made his low-comedy bow in 1880.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

plural of “humorist” — someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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

From this reading "Robert, the City waiter" made his low-comedy bow in 1880.

past form of “introduce” — cause to come to know personally

From this reading The result of his keen observation was introduced to _Punch_ through chance.

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

From this reading "Robert's" literary father is Mr. Deputy John T. Bedford, whose opportunities for studying the ways of the City waiter have necessarily been many and excellent.

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 "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading "Robert's" literary father is Mr. Deputy John T. Bedford, whose opportunities for studying the ways of the City waiter have necessarily been many and excellent.

having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

From this reading The result of his keen observation was introduced to _Punch_ through chance.

United States biochemist who discovered cortisone (1886-1972)

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

a polite name for any woman

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

a record in which commercial accounts are recorded

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

of or relating to or characteristic of literature

From this reading "Robert's" literary father is Mr. Deputy John T. Bedford, whose opportunities for studying the ways of the City waiter have necessarily been many and excellent.

creative writing of recognized artistic value

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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From this reading "Robert, the City waiter" made his low-comedy bow in 1880.

incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading "Robert, the City waiter" made his low-comedy bow in 1880.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading "Robert's" literary father is Mr. Deputy John T. Bedford, whose opportunities for studying the ways of the City waiter have necessarily been many and excellent.

French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

a form of address for a man

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957)

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

in an essential manner

From this reading "Robert's" literary father is Mr. Deputy John T. Bedford, whose opportunities for studying the ways of the City waiter have necessarily been many and excellent.

the act of making and recording a measurement

From this reading The result of his keen observation was introduced to _Punch_ through chance.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

plural of “opportunity” — a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

From this reading "Robert's" literary father is Mr. Deputy John T. Bedford, whose opportunities for studying the ways of the City waiter have necessarily been many and excellent.

Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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 "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

deliver a quick blow to

From this reading The result of his keen observation was introduced to _Punch_ through chance.

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From this reading _PUNCH'S_ WRITERS: 1880-94.

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 "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

From this reading The result of his keen observation was introduced to _Punch_ through chance.

increase the number of rotations per minute

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

possessive form of “robert” — United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)

From this reading "Robert's" literary father is Mr. Deputy John T. Bedford, whose opportunities for studying the ways of the City waiter have necessarily been many and excellent.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

a man who serves as a sailor

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

plural of “stephen” — English writer (1832-1904)

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

reading carefully with intent to remember

From this reading "Robert's" literary father is Mr. Deputy John T. Bedford, whose opportunities for studying the ways of the City waiter have necessarily been many and excellent.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

From this reading "Robert's" literary father is Mr. Deputy John T. Bedford, whose opportunities for studying the ways of the City waiter have necessarily been many and excellent.

a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading The result of his keen observation was introduced to _Punch_ through chance.

a more or less definite period of time now or previously present

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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

From this reading The result of his keen observation was introduced to _Punch_ through chance.

a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat

From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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 "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)

From this reading "Robert, the City waiter" made his low-comedy bow in 1880.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

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

From this reading The result of his keen observation was introduced to _Punch_ through chance.

structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired

From this reading "Robert's" literary father is Mr. Deputy John T. Bedford, whose opportunities for studying the ways of the City waiter have necessarily been many and excellent.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.

belonging to which person

From this reading "Robert's" literary father is Mr. Deputy John T. Bedford, whose opportunities for studying the ways of the City waiter have necessarily been many and excellent.

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

From this reading _PUNCH'S_ WRITERS: 1880-94.

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From this reading "Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin Tapper and Edmund Yates--Mr. George Grossmith--Mr. Weedon Grossmith--Mr. Andrew Lang's "Confessions of a Duffer"--Miss May Kendall--Miss Burnand--Lady Humorists--Mr. Brandon Thomas and Mr. Gladstone--Mr. Warham St. Leger--Mr. Anstey--"Modern Music-hall Songs"--"Voces Populi"--Mr. R. C. Lehmann--Mr. Barry Pain--Mr. H. P. Stephens--Mr. Charles Geake--Mr. Gerald Campbell--R. F. Murray--Mr. George Davis--Mr. Arthur A. Sykes--Rev. Anthony C. Deane--Mr. Owen Seaman--Lady Campbell--Mr. James Payn--Mr. H. D. Traill--Mr. A. Armitage--Mr. Hosack--Arthur Sketchley--Henry J. Byron--_Punch's_ Literature Considered.