196
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From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
203
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From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
204
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From this reading to it--He wrought a Reform--His Firmness and Independence--Swimming--Drawn a Mile by his Kite on the Water-- Advised to open a Swimming-School--Decides on Returning to America--A Scene forty years after 204-219
219
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From this reading to it--He wrought a Reform--His Firmness and Independence--Swimming--Drawn a Mile by his Kite on the Water-- Advised to open a Swimming-School--Decides on Returning to America--A Scene forty years after 204-219
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A LITERARY GAME.
AbhorrencenounUS /əbˈhɔːrəns/
hate coupled with disgust
From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
AdvisedadjectiveUS /ædˈvaɪzd/
having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel
From this reading to it--He wrought a Reform--His Firmness and Independence--Swimming--Drawn a Mile by his Kite on the Water-- Advised to open a Swimming-School--Decides on Returning to America--A Scene forty years after 204-219
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading to it--He wrought a Reform--His Firmness and Independence--Swimming--Drawn a Mile by his Kite on the Water-- Advised to open a Swimming-School--Decides on Returning to America--A Scene forty years after 204-219
North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
From this reading to it--He wrought a Reform--His Firmness and Independence--Swimming--Drawn a Mile by his Kite on the Water-- Advised to open a Swimming-School--Decides on Returning to America--A Scene forty years after 204-219
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
Annis
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From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
ArrangementsnounUS /ərˈeɪndʒmənts/
plural of “arrangement” — the thing arranged or agreed to
From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
accomplishment of an objective
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
AssociatesnounUS /əˈsoʊsiəts/
plural of “associate” — a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
BargainnounUS /ˈbɑːrɡən/
an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each
From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
Beer-drinking
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From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
BenjaminnounUS /ˈbendʒəmən/
gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
Benjamin'snounUS /ˈbendʒəmənz/
possessive form of “benjamin” — gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation
From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
BooksellernounUS /ˈbʊkselər/
the proprietor of a bookstore
From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
showing who or what does the action
From this reading to it--He wrought a Reform--His Firmness and Independence--Swimming--Drawn a Mile by his Kite on the Water-- Advised to open a Swimming-School--Decides on Returning to America--A Scene forty years after 204-219
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
plural of “character” — an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
ClubsnounUS /klʌbz/
plural of “club” — a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
CompositionnounUS /ˌkɑːmpəˈzɪʃən/
the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole
From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
CourtingnounUS /ˈkɔːrtɪŋ/
a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
Deceivernoun
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
DecidesverbUS /ˌdɪˈsaɪdz/
third-person singular of “decide” — reach, make, or come to a decision about something
From this reading to it--He wrought a Reform--His Firmness and Independence--Swimming--Drawn a Mile by his Kite on the Water-- Advised to open a Swimming-School--Decides on Returning to America--A Scene forty years after 204-219
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
Denham
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From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
DietnounUS /ˈdaɪət/
a prescribed selection of foods
From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
DiscoversverbUS /dɪˈskʌvərz/
third-person singular of “discover” — discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
DissertationnounUS /ˌdɪsərˈteɪʃən/
a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree
From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
From this reading to it--He wrought a Reform--His Firmness and Independence--Swimming--Drawn a Mile by his Kite on the Water-- Advised to open a Swimming-School--Decides on Returning to America--A Scene forty years after 204-219
EatsnounUS /iːts/
informal terms for a meal
From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
EighteenthadjectiveUS /eɪˈtiːnθ/
coming next after the seventeenth in position
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
ExperimentnounUS /ɪkˈsperəmənt/
the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
ExposurenounUS /ɪkˈspoʊʒər/
vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
FirmnessnounUS /ˈfɜːrmnəs/
the muscle tone of healthy tissue
From this reading to it--He wrought a Reform--His Firmness and Independence--Swimming--Drawn a Mile by his Kite on the Water-- Advised to open a Swimming-School--Decides on Returning to America--A Scene forty years after 204-219
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
fortyadjectiveUS /ˈfɔːrti/
being ten more than thirty
From this reading to it--He wrought a Reform--His Firmness and Independence--Swimming--Drawn a Mile by his Kite on the Water-- Advised to open a Swimming-School--Decides on Returning to America--A Scene forty years after 204-219
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading A LITERARY GAME.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
the act of departing
From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
the head of a state government
From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
Governor'snounUS /ˈɡʌvərnərz/
possessive form of “governor” — the head of a state government
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading to it--He wrought a Reform--His Firmness and Independence--Swimming--Drawn a Mile by his Kite on the Water-- Advised to open a Swimming-School--Decides on Returning to America--A Scene forty years after 204-219
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
how
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From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
IndependencenounUS /ˌɪndɪˈpendəns/
freedom from control or influence of another or others
From this reading to it--He wrought a Reform--His Firmness and Independence--Swimming--Drawn a Mile by his Kite on the Water-- Advised to open a Swimming-School--Decides on Returning to America--A Scene forty years after 204-219
conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
Keimer
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From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
Keimer's
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From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
Keith
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From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
KitenounUS /kaɪt/
a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
From this reading to it--He wrought a Reform--His Firmness and Independence--Swimming--Drawn a Mile by his Kite on the Water-- Advised to open a Swimming-School--Decides on Returning to America--A Scene forty years after 204-219
immediately past
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)
From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
the literary culture
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
of or relating to or characteristic of literature
From this reading A LITERARY GAME.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
a formally arranged gathering
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading to it--He wrought a Reform--His Firmness and Independence--Swimming--Drawn a Mile by his Kite on the Water-- Advised to open a Swimming-School--Decides on Returning to America--A Scene forty years after 204-219
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
MortificationnounUS /ˈmɔːrtəfkeɪʃən/
strong feelings of embarrassment
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
the condition of being essential or indispensable
From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
immediately following in time or order
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
plural of “object” — a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
and nothing more
From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
To move from a closed position.
From this reading to it--He wrought a Reform--His Firmness and Independence--Swimming--Drawn a Mile by his Kite on the Water-- Advised to open a Swimming-School--Decides on Returning to America--A Scene forty years after 204-219
OppositionnounUS /ˌɑːpəˈzɪʃən/
the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
OsbornenounUS /ˈɔːzbɔːrn/
English playwright (1929-1994)
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
Osborne'snounUS /ˈɔːzbɔːrnz/
possessive form of “osborne” — English playwright (1929-1994)
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
have ownership or possession of
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
ParaphrasenounUS /ˈperəfreɪz/
rewording for the purpose of clarification
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
a separate part of a whole
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
PignounUS /pɪɡ/
domestic swine
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
literature in metrical form
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
PoetsnounUS /ˈpoʊəts/
plural of “poet” — a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
PrejudicenounUS /ˈpredʒədɪs/
a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
Printing-office
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From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
Printing-offices
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From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
PropositionnounUS /ˌprɑːpəˈzɪʃən/
(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
be shown or be found to be
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
PsalmnounUS /sɑːlm/
one of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament; said to have been written by David
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
Ralph
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From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
Ralph's
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From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
readsnounUS /riːdz/
plural of “read” — something that is read
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
ReformnounUS /rəˈfɔːrm/
a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses
From this reading to it--He wrought a Reform--His Firmness and Independence--Swimming--Drawn a Mile by his Kite on the Water-- Advised to open a Swimming-School--Decides on Returning to America--A Scene forty years after 204-219
relinquishverbUS /rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/
part with a possession or right
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
resolvesnounUS /riˈzɑːlvz/
plural of “resolve” — the trait of being resolute
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
tending to return to an earlier state
From this reading to it--He wrought a Reform--His Firmness and Independence--Swimming--Drawn a Mile by his Kite on the Water-- Advised to open a Swimming-School--Decides on Returning to America--A Scene forty years after 204-219
RusenounUS /ruːz/
a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
the place where some action occurs
From this reading to it--He wrought a Reform--His Firmness and Independence--Swimming--Drawn a Mile by his Kite on the Water-- Advised to open a Swimming-School--Decides on Returning to America--A Scene forty years after 204-219
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
unusual or striking
From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
not in physical motion
From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
SubsequentadjectiveUS /ˈsʌbsəkwənt/
following in time or order
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
an event that accomplishes its intended purpose
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
SwimmingnounUS /ˈswɪmɪŋ/
the act of swimming
From this reading to it--He wrought a Reform--His Firmness and Independence--Swimming--Drawn a Mile by his Kite on the Water-- Advised to open a Swimming-School--Decides on Returning to America--A Scene forty years after 204-219
Swimming-School
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From this reading to it--He wrought a Reform--His Firmness and Independence--Swimming--Drawn a Mile by his Kite on the Water-- Advised to open a Swimming-School--Decides on Returning to America--A Scene forty years after 204-219
plural of “tell” — a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer
From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Pig at last--How Benjamin came to relinquish a Vegetable Diet--Courting Miss Read--Her Mother objects to Engagement--Ralph resolves to go with him--Four or Five Printing-offices then, and Two or Three Thousand now--The Governor's Letters--Set Sail--Arrival in London--Discovers that his
VegetablenounUS /ˈvedʒtəbəl/
edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
a tube in which a body fluid circulates
From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading to it--He wrought a Reform--His Firmness and Independence--Swimming--Drawn a Mile by his Kite on the Water-- Advised to open a Swimming-School--Decides on Returning to America--A Scene forty years after 204-219
WatsonnounUS /ˈwɑːtsən/
United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934)
From this reading The Three Associates--Their Characters--Discussion about Poets and Poetry--A Proposition to Paraphrase the Eighteenth Psalm--Osborne's Prejudice, and how to prove him--Benjamin reads Ralph's Piece as his own--The Success of the Ruse--Subsequent Interview of Benjamin and Ralph--Their Delight over the Result--The Exposure of Osborne at the next Meeting--His Mortification--Fate of Watson and Osborne-- Advantage of such Literary Clubs 196-203
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
in the company of; together with
From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
WorthlessadjectiveUS /ˈwɜːrθləs/
lacking in usefulness or value
From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading Letters are Worthless--The Governor a Deceiver--Tells his Story to Denham--Goes to Work in a Printing-office--An Advantage of written Composition-- His "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"--Won him Fame--Bargain with a Bookseller--Beer-drinking in the Office-- Benjamin's Opposition
shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
From this reading to it--He wrought a Reform--His Firmness and Independence--Swimming--Drawn a Mile by his Kite on the Water-- Advised to open a Swimming-School--Decides on Returning to America--A Scene forty years after 204-219
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading GOING TO ENGLAND. Interview with Governor Keith--Arrangements to go to England in the Annis--Only one vessel a year to sail--Still works for Keimer--The latter a singular Man--Experiment of a Vegetable Diet--Keimer's Abhorrence of it--Eats the whole of a
a late time of life
From this reading to it--He wrought a Reform--His Firmness and Independence--Swimming--Drawn a Mile by his Kite on the Water-- Advised to open a Swimming-School--Decides on Returning to America--A Scene forty years after 204-219
