Chapter X · Chapter 10

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From this reading Victory, July 1st, 1804.

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

From this reading Victory, July 1st, 1804.

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From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

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

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

from one side of something to the other

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

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

From this reading You must not, my Emma, think of hearing from me by way of Malta; it takes as long to send a letter to Malta, as to England.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The ships from Malta, with the convoys, pick up our letters at Gibraltar.

having undesirable or negative qualities

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading The Monmouth, which you complain of not hearing by, I knew nothing of her movements for some months before.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

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From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

From this reading The Monmouth, which you complain of not hearing by, I knew nothing of her movements for some months before.

plural of “convoy” — a procession of land vehicles traveling together

From this reading The ships from Malta, with the convoys, pick up our letters at Gibraltar.

a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

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From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading You must not, my Emma, think of hearing from me by way of Malta; it takes as long to send a letter to Malta, as to England.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The Monmouth, which you complain of not hearing by, I knew nothing of her movements for some months before.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading You must not, my Emma, think of hearing from me by way of Malta; it takes as long to send a letter to Malta, as to England.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

destroyed or killed

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

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From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence

From this reading You must not, my Emma, think of hearing from me by way of Malta; it takes as long to send a letter to Malta, as to England.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading The Monmouth, which you complain of not hearing by, I knew nothing of her movements for some months before.

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

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading You must not, my Emma, think of hearing from me by way of Malta; it takes as long to send a letter to Malta, as to England.

the month following June and preceding August

From this reading Victory, July 1st, 1804.

the month following May and preceding July

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading The Monmouth, which you complain of not hearing by, I knew nothing of her movements for some months before.

a written message addressed to a person or organization

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

the literary culture

From this reading The ships from Malta, with the convoys, pick up our letters at Gibraltar.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading You must not, my Emma, think of hearing from me by way of Malta; it takes as long to send a letter to Malta, as to England.

a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

a republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964

From this reading You must not, my Emma, think of hearing from me by way of Malta; it takes as long to send a letter to Malta, as to England.

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

From this reading You must not, my Emma, think of hearing from me by way of Malta; it takes as long to send a letter to Malta, as to England.

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

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

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

From this reading The Monmouth, which you complain of not hearing by, I knew nothing of her movements for some months before.

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

From this reading The Monmouth, which you complain of not hearing by, I knew nothing of her movements for some months before.

plural of “movement” — a change of position that does not entail a change of location

From this reading The Monmouth, which you complain of not hearing by, I knew nothing of her movements for some months before.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading You must not, my Emma, think of hearing from me by way of Malta; it takes as long to send a letter to Malta, as to England.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading The Monmouth, which you complain of not hearing by, I knew nothing of her movements for some months before.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading The ships from Malta, with the convoys, pick up our letters at Gibraltar.

select carefully from a group

From this reading The ships from Malta, with the convoys, pick up our letters at Gibraltar.

plural of “rosa” — large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

cause to go somewhere

From this reading You must not, my Emma, think of hearing from me by way of Malta; it takes as long to send a letter to Malta, as to England.

plural of “ship” — a vessel that carries passengers or freight

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading The Monmouth, which you complain of not hearing by, I knew nothing of her movements for some months before.

plural of “take” — the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

From this reading You must not, my Emma, think of hearing from me by way of Malta; it takes as long to send a letter to Malta, as to England.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

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

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading You must not, my Emma, think of hearing from me by way of Malta; it takes as long to send a letter to Malta, as to England.

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

From this reading You must not, my Emma, think of hearing from me by way of Malta; it takes as long to send a letter to Malta, as to England.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading The ships from Malta, with the convoys, pick up our letters at Gibraltar.

precisely as stated

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

a successful ending of a struggle or contest

From this reading Victory, July 1st, 1804.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading You must not, my Emma, think of hearing from me by way of Malta; it takes as long to send a letter to Malta, as to England.

the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

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

From this reading The Monmouth, which you complain of not hearing by, I knew nothing of her movements for some months before.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

in the company of; together with

From this reading The ships from Malta, with the convoys, pick up our letters at Gibraltar.

the act of creating written works

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

but in spite of that

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Although I have wrote you, my dearest Emma, a letter, by Rosas, of June 27th, not yet gone, the weather being so very bad, that ships cannot get across the Gulph of Lyons, yet I will [not] miss the opportunity of writing by Gibraltar.