Chapter XV

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

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

From this reading Green, the station for the night, affords excellent accommodation; so much so, that the notorious Danish Count (See _Oxonian in Norway_), so addicted to bear-hunting, has been up as far as here on purpose to taste the port-wine.

compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming

From this reading Green, the station for the night, affords excellent accommodation; so much so, that the notorious Danish Count (See _Oxonian in Norway_), so addicted to bear-hunting, has been up as far as here on purpose to taste the port-wine.

plural of “advantage” — the quality of having a superior or more favorable position

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

third-person singular of “afford” — be able to spare or give up

From this reading Green, the station for the night, affords excellent accommodation; so much so, that the notorious Danish Count (See _Oxonian in Norway_), so addicted to bear-hunting, has been up as far as here on purpose to taste the port-wine.

later than; following

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.

From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

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

From this reading Driving through the woods on the shores of the lake, after a good deal of up and down hill, I at length arrived at the ferry, twenty miles from Gulsvig, where the Krorenfjord contracts into a river.

past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

From this reading Driving through the woods on the shores of the lake, after a good deal of up and down hill, I at length arrived at the ferry, twenty miles from Gulsvig, where the Krorenfjord contracts into a river.

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

From this reading Green, the station for the night, affords excellent accommodation; so much so, that the notorious Danish Count (See _Oxonian in Norway_), so addicted to bear-hunting, has been up as far as here on purpose to taste the port-wine.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

have

From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

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From this reading Green, the station for the night, affords excellent accommodation; so much so, that the notorious Danish Count (See _Oxonian in Norway_), so addicted to bear-hunting, has been up as far as here on purpose to taste the port-wine.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Green, the station for the night, affords excellent accommodation; so much so, that the notorious Danish Count (See _Oxonian in Norway_), so addicted to bear-hunting, has been up as far as here on purpose to taste the port-wine.

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

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

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

From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

(of a surface) not written or printed on

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

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

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading People in that state not only see double, but shoot with the longbow.

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From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

plural of “cat” — feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

the capital and largest city of Norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on Norway's southern coast

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

plural of “clergyman” — a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

plural of “contract” — a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

From this reading Driving through the woods on the shores of the lake, after a good deal of up and down hill, I at length arrived at the ferry, twenty miles from Gulsvig, where the Krorenfjord contracts into a river.

determine the number or amount of

From this reading Green, the station for the night, affords excellent accommodation; so much so, that the notorious Danish Count (See _Oxonian in Norway_), so addicted to bear-hunting, has been up as far as here on purpose to taste the port-wine.

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

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

money collected under a tariff

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

separate with or as if with an instrument

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark

From this reading Green, the station for the night, affords excellent accommodation; so much so, that the notorious Danish Count (See _Oxonian in Norway_), so addicted to bear-hunting, has been up as far as here on purpose to taste the port-wine.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

From this reading Driving through the woods on the shores of the lake, after a good deal of up and down hill, I at length arrived at the ferry, twenty miles from Gulsvig, where the Krorenfjord contracts into a river.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

increase twofold

From this reading People in that state not only see double, but shoot with the longbow.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading Driving through the woods on the shores of the lake, after a good deal of up and down hill, I at length arrived at the ferry, twenty miles from Gulsvig, where the Krorenfjord contracts into a river.

having the power of driving or impelling

From this reading Driving through the woods on the shores of the lake, after a good deal of up and down hill, I at length arrived at the ferry, twenty miles from Gulsvig, where the Krorenfjord contracts into a river.

stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)

From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

past form of “encounter” — come together

From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

very good; of the highest quality

From this reading Green, the station for the night, affords excellent accommodation; so much so, that the notorious Danish Count (See _Oxonian in Norway_), so addicted to bear-hunting, has been up as far as here on purpose to taste the port-wine.

excessive intolerance of opposing views

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading Green, the station for the night, affords excellent accommodation; so much so, that the notorious Danish Count (See _Oxonian in Norway_), so addicted to bear-hunting, has been up as far as here on purpose to taste the port-wine.

a boy or man

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

transport from one place to another

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

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From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

disappointingly unsuccessful

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading Driving through the woods on the shores of the lake, after a good deal of up and down hill, I at length arrived at the ferry, twenty miles from Gulsvig, where the Krorenfjord contracts into a river.

the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading Green, the station for the night, affords excellent accommodation; so much so, that the notorious Danish Count (See _Oxonian in Norway_), so addicted to bear-hunting, has been up as far as here on purpose to taste the port-wine.

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From this reading Driving through the woods on the shores of the lake, after a good deal of up and down hill, I at length arrived at the ferry, twenty miles from Gulsvig, where the Krorenfjord contracts into a river.

imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization

From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

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From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

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

From this reading Green, the station for the night, affords excellent accommodation; so much so, that the notorious Danish Count (See _Oxonian in Norway_), so addicted to bear-hunting, has been up as far as here on purpose to taste the port-wine.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading Green, the station for the night, affords excellent accommodation; so much so, that the notorious Danish Count (See _Oxonian in Norway_), so addicted to bear-hunting, has been up as far as here on purpose to taste the port-wine.

a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading Driving through the woods on the shores of the lake, after a good deal of up and down hill, I at length arrived at the ferry, twenty miles from Gulsvig, where the Krorenfjord contracts into a river.

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From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

low or inferior in station or quality

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

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

From this reading Driving through the woods on the shores of the lake, after a good deal of up and down hill, I at length arrived at the ferry, twenty miles from Gulsvig, where the Krorenfjord contracts into a river.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

of great significance or value

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

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

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

situated within or suitable for inside a building

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Driving through the woods on the shores of the lake, after a good deal of up and down hill, I at length arrived at the ferry, twenty miles from Gulsvig, where the Krorenfjord contracts into a river.

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

From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

deliver a sharp blow or push

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

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From this reading Driving through the woods on the shores of the lake, after a good deal of up and down hill, I at length arrived at the ferry, twenty miles from Gulsvig, where the Krorenfjord contracts into a river.

a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land

From this reading Driving through the woods on the shores of the lake, after a good deal of up and down hill, I at length arrived at the ferry, twenty miles from Gulsvig, where the Krorenfjord contracts into a river.

a landlord who is a woman

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place

From this reading Driving through the woods on the shores of the lake, after a good deal of up and down hill, I at length arrived at the ferry, twenty miles from Gulsvig, where the Krorenfjord contracts into a river.

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From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

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From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

in a literal sense

From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

plural of “log” — a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

a powerful wooden bow drawn by hand; usually 5-6 feet long; used in medieval England

From this reading People in that state not only see double, but shoot with the longbow.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

a large and imposing house

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

a written proposal or reminder

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

From this reading Driving through the woods on the shores of the lake, after a good deal of up and down hill, I at length arrived at the ferry, twenty miles from Gulsvig, where the Krorenfjord contracts into a river.

plural of “miller” — United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

naughtily or annoyingly playful

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading Green, the station for the night, affords excellent accommodation; so much so, that the notorious Danish Count (See _Oxonian in Norway_), so addicted to bear-hunting, has been up as far as here on purpose to taste the port-wine.

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading Green, the station for the night, affords excellent accommodation; so much so, that the notorious Danish Count (See _Oxonian in Norway_), so addicted to bear-hunting, has been up as far as here on purpose to taste the port-wine.

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From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

a native or inhabitant of Norway

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

known widely and usually unfavorably

From this reading Green, the station for the night, affords excellent accommodation; so much so, that the notorious Danish Count (See _Oxonian in Norway_), so addicted to bear-hunting, has been up as far as here on purpose to taste the port-wine.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

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

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

and nothing more

From this reading People in that state not only see double, but shoot with the longbow.

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From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

of or pertaining to or characteristic of Oxford University

From this reading Green, the station for the night, affords excellent accommodation; so much so, that the notorious Danish Count (See _Oxonian in Norway_), so addicted to bear-hunting, has been up as far as here on purpose to taste the port-wine.

proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

plural of “party” — an organization to gain political power

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

the act of providing approval and support

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading People in that state not only see double, but shoot with the longbow.

the state of being without a flaw or defect

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

continuing forever or indefinitely

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

a journey to a sacred place

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

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From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

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From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

plural of “propagandist” — a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people

From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

an Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon)

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions

From this reading Green, the station for the night, affords excellent accommodation; so much so, that the notorious Danish Count (See _Oxonian in Norway_), so addicted to bear-hunting, has been up as far as here on purpose to taste the port-wine.

concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

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From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

a partly sheltered anchorage

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

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From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading Green, the station for the night, affords excellent accommodation; so much so, that the notorious Danish Count (See _Oxonian in Norway_), so addicted to bear-hunting, has been up as far as here on purpose to taste the port-wine.

give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

hit with a missile from a weapon

From this reading People in that state not only see double, but shoot with the longbow.

plural of “shore” — the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading Driving through the woods on the shores of the lake, after a good deal of up and down hill, I at length arrived at the ferry, twenty miles from Gulsvig, where the Krorenfjord contracts into a river.

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

the act of firing a projectile

From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

the quality of being similar

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

preliminary drawing for later elaboration

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

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From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Green, the station for the night, affords excellent accommodation; so much so, that the notorious Danish Count (See _Oxonian in Norway_), so addicted to bear-hunting, has been up as far as here on purpose to taste the port-wine.

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From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading People in that state not only see double, but shoot with the longbow.

a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose

From this reading Green, the station for the night, affords excellent accommodation; so much so, that the notorious Danish Count (See _Oxonian in Norway_), so addicted to bear-hunting, has been up as far as here on purpose to taste the port-wine.

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From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.)

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

plural of “student” — a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

too old to be useful

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

plural of “swallow” — a small amount of liquid food

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

plural of “symptom” — (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

adjust to a specific need or market

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

natural abilities or qualities

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

exchange thoughts; talk with

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

To perceive flavor through the mouth.

From this reading Green, the station for the night, affords excellent accommodation; so much so, that the notorious Danish Count (See _Oxonian in Norway_), so addicted to bear-hunting, has been up as far as here on purpose to taste the port-wine.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Green, the station for the night, affords excellent accommodation; so much so, that the notorious Danish Count (See _Oxonian in Norway_), so addicted to bear-hunting, has been up as far as here on purpose to taste the port-wine.

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

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

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From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading Driving through the woods on the shores of the lake, after a good deal of up and down hill, I at length arrived at the ferry, twenty miles from Gulsvig, where the Krorenfjord contracts into a river.

the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

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

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

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From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

concerned with topography

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

plural of “travel” — the act of going from one place to another

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

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From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one

From this reading Driving through the woods on the shores of the lake, after a good deal of up and down hill, I at length arrived at the ferry, twenty miles from Gulsvig, where the Krorenfjord contracts into a river.

an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

the body of faculty and students at a university

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

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From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

clearly evident to the mind

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

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

From this reading Driving through the woods on the shores of the lake, after a good deal of up and down hill, I at length arrived at the ferry, twenty miles from Gulsvig, where the Krorenfjord contracts into a river.

having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

look attentively

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

accept gladly

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

in or at the place that

From this reading Driving through the woods on the shores of the lake, after a good deal of up and down hill, I at length arrived at the ferry, twenty miles from Gulsvig, where the Krorenfjord contracts into a river.

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

From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

which person or people

From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

in the company of; together with

From this reading People in that state not only see double, but shoot with the longbow.

the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading By-the-bye, I encountered a Norsk proverb to-day, which if it were not ancient, would almost seem to have been made for the Count: “Han har skut Björn,” literally, “he has shot a bear,” is said of a man who is drunk.

unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.

a late time of life

From this reading A port-wine pilgrimage--The perfection of a landlady--Old superstitious customs--Levelling effects of unlevelled roads--A blank day--Sketch of an interior after Ostade--A would-be resurrectionist foiled--The voices of the woods--Valuable timber--A stingy old fellow--Unmistakable symptoms of civilisation--Topographical memoranda--Timber logs on their travels--The advantages of a short cut--A rock-gorge swallows a river--Ferry talk--Welcome--What four years can do for the stay-at-homes--A Thelemarken manse--Spæwives--An important day for the millers--How a tailor kept watch--The mischievous cats--Similarity in proverbs--“The postman’s knock”--Government patronage of humble talent--Superannuated clergymen in Norway--Perpetual curates--Christiania University examination--Norwegian students--The Bernadotte dynasty--Scandinavian unity--Religious parties--Papal propagandists at Tromsö--From fanaticism to field-sports--The Linnæa Borealis.