1841
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From this reading _PUNCH'S_ ARTISTS: 1841-50.
50
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From this reading _PUNCH'S_ ARTISTS: 1841-50.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Of the first-named, nothing need be said, but that he contributed a single sketch and no more.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
AggressionnounUS /əˈɡreʃən/
a disposition to behave aggressively
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
AlfrednounUS /ˈælfrəd/
king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899)
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
Artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
From this reading Three other names belong to the year 1841: Ashley, William Harvey, and Mr. Birket Foster--the second distinguished landscape artist who may be said to have been raised upon _Punch_.
ARTISTSnounUS /ˈɑːrtɪsts/
plural of “artist” — a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
From this reading _PUNCH'S_ ARTISTS: 1841-50.
Ashley
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From this reading Three other names belong to the year 1841: Ashley, William Harvey, and Mr. Birket Foster--the second distinguished landscape artist who may be said to have been raised upon _Punch_.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Three other names belong to the year 1841: Ashley, William Harvey, and Mr. Birket Foster--the second distinguished landscape artist who may be said to have been raised upon _Punch_.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Three other names belong to the year 1841: Ashley, William Harvey, and Mr. Birket Foster--the second distinguished landscape artist who may be said to have been raised upon _Punch_.
be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading Three other names belong to the year 1841: Ashley, William Harvey, and Mr. Birket Foster--the second distinguished landscape artist who may be said to have been raised upon _Punch_.
Birket
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From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
BrownenounUS /braʊn/
English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882)
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Of the first-named, nothing need be said, but that he contributed a single sketch and no more.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
CampaignnounUS /kæmˈpeɪn/
a race between candidates for elective office
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
CartoonsnounUS /kɑːrˈtuːnz/
plural of “cartoon” — a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
contributedverbUS /kənˈtrɪbjuːtɪd/
past form of “contribute” — bestow a quality on
From this reading Of the first-named, nothing need be said, but that he contributed a single sketch and no more.
Crowquill
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From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
DesiresnounUS /dɪˈzaɪərz/
plural of “desire” — the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading William Harvey, however, stands on a different footing, yet his employment on _Punch_ is inexplicable.
(used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation
From this reading Three other names belong to the year 1841: Ashley, William Harvey, and Mr. Birket Foster--the second distinguished landscape artist who may be said to have been raised upon _Punch_.
Doyle
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From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
EarlyadjectiveUS /ˈɜːrli/
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
employmentnounUS /emˈplɔɪmənt/
the state of being employed or having a job
From this reading William Harvey, however, stands on a different footing, yet his employment on _Punch_ is inexplicable.
EpitaphnounUS /ˈepətæf/
an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
ExitnounUS /ˈeɡzɪt/
an opening that permits escape or release
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
first-named
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From this reading Of the first-named, nothing need be said, but that he contributed a single sketch and no more.
footingnounUS /ˈfʊtɪŋ/
status with respect to the relations between people or groups
From this reading William Harvey, however, stands on a different footing, yet his employment on _Punch_ is inexplicable.
FosterverbUS /ˈfɑːstər/
promote the growth of
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
GilbertnounUS /ˈɡɪlbərt/
a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
Hablot
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From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
Hamerton
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From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
HarveynounUS /ˈhɑːrvi/
English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657)
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Three other names belong to the year 1841: Ashley, William Harvey, and Mr. Birket Foster--the second distinguished landscape artist who may be said to have been raised upon _Punch_.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Of the first-named, nothing need be said, but that he contributed a single sketch and no more.
HeathnounUS /hiːθ/
a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
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 William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading William Harvey, however, stands on a different footing, yet his employment on _Punch_ is inexplicable.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
inexplicableadjectiveUS /ˌɪnəkˈsplɪsəbəl/
incapable of being explained or accounted for
From this reading William Harvey, however, stands on a different footing, yet his employment on _Punch_ is inexplicable.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading William Harvey, however, stands on a different footing, yet his employment on _Punch_ is inexplicable.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
JnounUS /dʒeɪ/
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 William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
a small worthless amount
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
Jovialitynoun
feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
Kenny
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From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
KnighthoodnounUS /ˈnaɪthʊd/
aristocrats holding the rank of knight
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
landscapenounUS /ˈlændskeɪp/
an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
From this reading Three other names belong to the year 1841: Ashley, William Harvey, and Mr. Birket Foster--the second distinguished landscape artist who may be said to have been raised upon _Punch_.
LapsesnounUS /ˈlæpsɪz/
plural of “lapse” — a mistake resulting from inattention
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
MacgregornounUS /məˈɡreɡər/
Scottish clan leader and outlaw who was the subject of a 1817 novel by Sir Walter Scott (1671-1734)
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Three other names belong to the year 1841: Ashley, William Harvey, and Mr. Birket Foster--the second distinguished landscape artist who may be said to have been raised upon _Punch_.
McConnell
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From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
MeadowsnounUS /ˈmedoʊz/
plural of “meadow” — a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Of the first-named, nothing need be said, but that he contributed a single sketch and no more.
a form of address for a man
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
From this reading Three other names belong to the year 1841: Ashley, William Harvey, and Mr. Birket Foster--the second distinguished landscape artist who may be said to have been raised upon _Punch_.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading Of the first-named, nothing need be said, but that he contributed a single sketch and no more.
not any; not one
From this reading Of the first-named, nothing need be said, but that he contributed a single sketch and no more.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Of the first-named, nothing need be said, but that he contributed a single sketch and no more.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of the first-named, nothing need be said, but that he contributed a single sketch and no more.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading William Harvey, however, stands on a different footing, yet his employment on _Punch_ is inexplicable.
Onwhyn
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From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Three other names belong to the year 1841: Ashley, William Harvey, and Mr. Birket Foster--the second distinguished landscape artist who may be said to have been raised upon _Punch_.
PapaladjectiveUS /ˈpeɪpəl/
proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
Phiznoun
English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882)
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
ProtestnounUS /ˈproʊtest/
a formal and solemn declaration of objection
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
Pseudonymity
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From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
PunchverbUS /pʌntʃ/
deliver a quick blow to
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
PUNCH'S
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From this reading _PUNCH'S_ ARTISTS: 1841-50.
RnounUS /ɑːr/
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 William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading Three other names belong to the year 1841: Ashley, William Harvey, and Mr. Birket Foster--the second distinguished landscape artist who may be said to have been raised upon _Punch_.
Richard
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From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
RobverbUS /rɑːb/
take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
Roy
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From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
RubensnounUS /ˈruːbənz/
prolific Flemish baroque painter; knighted by the English king Charles I (1577-1640)
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Three other names belong to the year 1841: Ashley, William Harvey, and Mr. Birket Foster--the second distinguished landscape artist who may be said to have been raised upon _Punch_.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Three other names belong to the year 1841: Ashley, William Harvey, and Mr. Birket Foster--the second distinguished landscape artist who may be said to have been raised upon _Punch_.
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading Of the first-named, nothing need be said, but that he contributed a single sketch and no more.
term of address for a man
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
sketchnounUS /sketʃ/
preliminary drawing for later elaboration
From this reading Of the first-named, nothing need be said, but that he contributed a single sketch and no more.
plural of “stand” — a support or foundation
From this reading William Harvey, however, stands on a different footing, yet his employment on _Punch_ is inexplicable.
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
TechniquenounUS /tekˈniːk/
a practical method or art applied to some particular task
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
Tennielnoun
English cartoonist (1820-1914)
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Of the first-named, nothing need be said, but that he contributed a single sketch and no more.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Three other names belong to the year 1841: Ashley, William Harvey, and Mr. Birket Foster--the second distinguished landscape artist who may be said to have been raised upon _Punch_.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Three other names belong to the year 1841: Ashley, William Harvey, and Mr. Birket Foster--the second distinguished landscape artist who may be said to have been raised upon _Punch_.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Three other names belong to the year 1841: Ashley, William Harvey, and Mr. Birket Foster--the second distinguished landscape artist who may be said to have been raised upon _Punch_.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Three other names belong to the year 1841: Ashley, William Harvey, and Mr. Birket Foster--the second distinguished landscape artist who may be said to have been raised upon _Punch_.
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 William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
which person or people
From this reading Three other names belong to the year 1841: Ashley, William Harvey, and Mr. Birket Foster--the second distinguished landscape artist who may be said to have been raised upon _Punch_.
William
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From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
WithdrawsverbUS /wɪðˈdrɔːz/
third-person singular of “withdraw” — pull back or move away or backward
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamerton--W. Brown--Richard Doyle--Desires Pseudonymity--His Protest against _Punch's_ "Papal Aggression" Campaign--Withdraws--His Art--Epitaph by _Punch_--Henry Doyle--T. Onwhyn--"Rob Roy" Macgregor--William McConnell--Sir John Tenniel--His Career--And Technique--His Early Work--Cartoons--His Art--His Memory and its Lapses--"Jack[=i]d[=e]s"--Knighthood.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading Three other names belong to the year 1841: Ashley, William Harvey, and Mr. Birket Foster--the second distinguished landscape artist who may be said to have been raised upon _Punch_.
but in spite of that
From this reading William Harvey, however, stands on a different footing, yet his employment on _Punch_ is inexplicable.