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From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
1795
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From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
26th
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From this reading I have received your two letters, dated the 26th and 28th of December, and my anger died away.
28th
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From this reading I have received your two letters, dated the 26th and 28th of December, and my anger died away.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
a positive feeling of liking
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have received your two letters, dated the 26th and 28th of December, and my anger died away.
a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
From this reading I have received your two letters, dated the 26th and 28th of December, and my anger died away.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I have received your two letters, dated the 26th and 28th of December, and my anger died away.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
see with attention
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading You can scarcely conceive the effect some of your letters have produced on me.
conceiveverbUS /kənˈsiːv/
have the idea for
From this reading You can scarcely conceive the effect some of your letters have produced on me.
dampedverbUS /dæmpt/
past form of “damp” — deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
datedadjectiveUS /ˈdeɪtɪd/
marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past
From this reading I have received your two letters, dated the 26th and 28th of December, and my anger died away.
DecembernounUS /dɪˈsembər/
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading I have received your two letters, dated the 26th and 28th of December, and my anger died away.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading I have received your two letters, dated the 26th and 28th of December, and my anger died away.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading You can scarcely conceive the effect some of your letters have produced on me.
any strong feeling
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
fagverbUS /fæɡ/
act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
set up or found
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
the act of departing
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
hastyadjectiveUS /ˈheɪsti/
excessively quick
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
intervalnounUS /ˈɪntərvəl/
a definite length of time marked off by two instants
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
JannounUS /dʒæn/
the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
From this reading _[Paris] Jan.
and nothing more
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
set down according to a plan
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
the literary culture
From this reading I have received your two letters, dated the 26th and 28th of December, and my anger died away.
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You can scarcely conceive the effect some of your letters have produced on me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading You can scarcely conceive the effect some of your letters have produced on me.
and nothing more
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
an open or empty space in or between things
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
From this reading _[Paris] Jan.
a human being
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
past form of “produce” — bring forth or yield
From this reading You can scarcely conceive the effect some of your letters have produced on me.
PromisingadjectiveUS /ˈprɑːməsɪŋ/
showing possibility of achievement or excellence
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
From this reading I have received your two letters, dated the 26th and 28th of December, and my anger died away.
advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
express in words
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
only a very short time before
From this reading You can scarcely conceive the effect some of your letters have produced on me.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
and nothing more
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading You can scarcely conceive the effect some of your letters have produced on me.
a short musical composition with words
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
superscriptionnoun
an inscription written above something else
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
suspensenounUS /səˈspens/
apprehension about what is going to happen
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
tediousadjectiveUS /ˈtiːdiəs/
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
up to a particular time
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading I have received your two letters, dated the 26th and 28th of December, and my anger died away.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
at the time that
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
which person or people
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
in the company of; together with
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading After longing to hear from you during a tedious interval of suspense, I have seen a superscription written by you.--Promising myself pleasure, and feeling emotion, I have laid it by me, till the person who brought it, left the room--when, behold! on opening it, I have found only half a dozen hasty lines, that have damped all the rising affection of my soul.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 15 [1795]._ I was just going to begin my letter with the fag end of a song, which would only have told you, what I may as well say simply, that it is pleasant to forgive those we love.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I have received your two letters, dated the 26th and 28th of December, and my anger died away.
