Chapter V

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From this reading Respecting the year of Shelley's first term at Eton, the authorities differ: one set of writers averring that he entered the school in his fourteenth year (1806), whilst other biographers record that he entered it in his fifteenth year (1807).

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From this reading Respecting the year of Shelley's first term at Eton, the authorities differ: one set of writers averring that he entered the school in his fourteenth year (1806), whilst other biographers record that he entered it in his fifteenth year (1807).

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

A place of study or training in a special field of knowledge and arts.

From this reading On the other hand, the usually exact Thomas Love Peacock says, 'On leaving this academy' (_i.e._ Sion House) 'he was sent in his fifteenth year to Eton,' and Mr. William Rossetti says, 'He passed to Eton in his fifteenth year.'

how long something has existed

From this reading Lady Shelley says, 'At the age of _thirteen_ Shelley went to Eton.'

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

From this reading On the other hand, the usually exact Thomas Love Peacock says, 'On leaving this academy' (_i.e._ Sion House) 'he was sent in his fifteenth year to Eton,' and Mr. William Rossetti says, 'He passed to Eton in his fifteenth year.'

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

someone who does not believe in the existence of a god

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

From this reading Respecting the year of Shelley's first term at Eton, the authorities differ: one set of writers averring that he entered the school in his fourteenth year (1806), whilst other biographers record that he entered it in his fifteenth year (1807).

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From this reading Respecting the year of Shelley's first term at Eton, the authorities differ: one set of writers averring that he entered the school in his fourteenth year (1806), whilst other biographers record that he entered it in his fifteenth year (1807).

the rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

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From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

plural of “biographer” — someone who writes an account of a person's life

From this reading Respecting the year of Shelley's first term at Eton, the authorities differ: one set of writers averring that he entered the school in his fourteenth year (1806), whilst other biographers record that he entered it in his fifteenth year (1807).

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From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

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From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

the human act of creating

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

be different

From this reading Respecting the year of Shelley's first term at Eton, the authorities differ: one set of writers averring that he entered the school in his fourteenth year (1806), whilst other biographers record that he entered it in his fifteenth year (1807).

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From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body

From this reading On the other hand, the usually exact Thomas Love Peacock says, 'On leaving this academy' (_i.e._ Sion House) 'he was sent in his fifteenth year to Eton,' and Mr. William Rossetti says, 'He passed to Eton in his fifteenth year.'

past form of “enter” — to come or go into

From this reading Respecting the year of Shelley's first term at Eton, the authorities differ: one set of writers averring that he entered the school in his fourteenth year (1806), whilst other biographers record that he entered it in his fifteenth year (1807).

a feeling of excitement

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

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From this reading THE ETON SCHOOLBOY.

a student enrolled in (or graduated from) Eton College

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

Strictly particular and correct.

From this reading On the other hand, the usually exact Thomas Love Peacock says, 'On leaving this academy' (_i.e._ Sion House) 'he was sent in his fifteenth year to Eton,' and Mr. William Rossetti says, 'He passed to Eton in his fifteenth year.'

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From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

plural of “fiction” — a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

coming next after the fourteenth and just before the sixteenth in position

From this reading Respecting the year of Shelley's first term at Eton, the authorities differ: one set of writers averring that he entered the school in his fourteenth year (1806), whilst other biographers record that he entered it in his fifteenth year (1807).

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

coming next after the thirteenth in position

From this reading Respecting the year of Shelley's first term at Eton, the authorities differ: one set of writers averring that he entered the school in his fourteenth year (1806), whilst other biographers record that he entered it in his fifteenth year (1807).

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

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From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading On the other hand, the usually exact Thomas Love Peacock says, 'On leaving this academy' (_i.e._ Sion House) 'he was sent in his fifteenth year to Eton,' and Mr. William Rossetti says, 'He passed to Eton in his fifteenth year.'

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

From this reading Respecting the year of Shelley's first term at Eton, the authorities differ: one set of writers averring that he entered the school in his fourteenth year (1806), whilst other biographers record that he entered it in his fifteenth year (1807).

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From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

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From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading On the other hand, the usually exact Thomas Love Peacock says, 'On leaving this academy' (_i.e._ Sion House) 'he was sent in his fifteenth year to Eton,' and Mr. William Rossetti says, 'He passed to Eton in his fifteenth year.'

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

From this reading On the other hand, the usually exact Thomas Love Peacock says, 'On leaving this academy' (_i.e._ Sion House) 'he was sent in his fifteenth year to Eton,' and Mr. William Rossetti says, 'He passed to Eton in his fifteenth year.'

impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

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

From this reading Respecting the year of Shelley's first term at Eton, the authorities differ: one set of writers averring that he entered the school in his fourteenth year (1806), whilst other biographers record that he entered it in his fifteenth year (1807).

a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Respecting the year of Shelley's first term at Eton, the authorities differ: one set of writers averring that he entered the school in his fourteenth year (1806), whilst other biographers record that he entered it in his fifteenth year (1807).

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

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From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

a polite name for any woman

From this reading Lady Shelley says, 'At the age of _thirteen_ Shelley went to Eton.'

immediately past

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

the act of departing

From this reading On the other hand, the usually exact Thomas Love Peacock says, 'On leaving this academy' (_i.e._ Sion House) 'he was sent in his fifteenth year to Eton,' and Mr. William Rossetti says, 'He passed to Eton in his fifteenth year.'

Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887)

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

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

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading On the other hand, the usually exact Thomas Love Peacock says, 'On leaving this academy' (_i.e._ Sion House) 'he was sent in his fifteenth year to Eton,' and Mr. William Rossetti says, 'He passed to Eton in his fifteenth year.'

insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

roused to anger

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

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

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

abnormally large

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

a form of address for a man

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

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

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Respecting the year of Shelley's first term at Eton, the authorities differ: one set of writers averring that he entered the school in his fourteenth year (1806), whilst other biographers record that he entered it in his fifteenth year (1807).

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading Respecting the year of Shelley's first term at Eton, the authorities differ: one set of writers averring that he entered the school in his fourteenth year (1806), whilst other biographers record that he entered it in his fifteenth year (1807).

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

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

past form of “pass” — go across or through

From this reading On the other hand, the usually exact Thomas Love Peacock says, 'On leaving this academy' (_i.e._ Sion House) 'he was sent in his fifteenth year to Eton,' and Mr. William Rossetti says, 'He passed to Eton in his fifteenth year.'

European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot

From this reading On the other hand, the usually exact Thomas Love Peacock says, 'On leaving this academy' (_i.e._ Sion House) 'he was sent in his fifteenth year to Eton,' and Mr. William Rossetti says, 'He passed to Eton in his fifteenth year.'

exceedingly harmful

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

of or relating to poetry

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

born after a gestation period of less than the normal time

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

plural of “recollection” — the ability to recall past occurrences

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events

From this reading Respecting the year of Shelley's first term at Eton, the authorities differ: one set of writers averring that he entered the school in his fourteenth year (1806), whilst other biographers record that he entered it in his fifteenth year (1807).

-ing form of “respect” — regard highly; think much of

From this reading Respecting the year of Shelley's first term at Eton, the authorities differ: one set of writers averring that he entered the school in his fourteenth year (1806), whilst other biographers record that he entered it in his fifteenth year (1807).

English poet and painter who was a leader of the Pre-Raphaelites (1828-1882)

From this reading On the other hand, the usually exact Thomas Love Peacock says, 'On leaving this academy' (_i.e._ Sion House) 'he was sent in his fifteenth year to Eton,' and Mr. William Rossetti says, 'He passed to Eton in his fifteenth year.'

plural of “say” — the chance to speak

From this reading Lady Shelley says, 'At the age of _thirteen_ Shelley went to Eton.'

an educational institution

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

a boy attending school

From this reading THE ETON SCHOOLBOY.

a particular branch of scientific knowledge

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia

From this reading On the other hand, the usually exact Thomas Love Peacock says, 'On leaving this academy' (_i.e._ Sion House) 'he was sent in his fifteenth year to Eton,' and Mr. William Rossetti says, 'He passed to Eton in his fifteenth year.'

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading Respecting the year of Shelley's first term at Eton, the authorities differ: one set of writers averring that he entered the school in his fourteenth year (1806), whilst other biographers record that he entered it in his fifteenth year (1807).

English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

possessive form of “shelley” — English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem

From this reading On the other hand, the usually exact Thomas Love Peacock says, 'On leaving this academy' (_i.e._ Sion House) 'he was sent in his fifteenth year to Eton,' and Mr. William Rossetti says, 'He passed to Eton in his fifteenth year.'

term of address for a man

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

a word or expression used for some particular thing

From this reading Respecting the year of Shelley's first term at Eton, the authorities differ: one set of writers averring that he entered the school in his fourteenth year (1806), whilst other biographers record that he entered it in his fifteenth year (1807).

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Respecting the year of Shelley's first term at Eton, the authorities differ: one set of writers averring that he entered the school in his fourteenth year (1806), whilst other biographers record that he entered it in his fifteenth year (1807).

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

From this reading THE ETON SCHOOLBOY.

the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one

From this reading Lady Shelley says, 'At the age of _thirteen_ Shelley went to Eton.'

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading On the other hand, the usually exact Thomas Love Peacock says, 'On leaving this academy' (_i.e._ Sion House) 'he was sent in his fifteenth year to Eton,' and Mr. William Rossetti says, 'He passed to Eton in his fifteenth year.'

United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)

From this reading On the other hand, the usually exact Thomas Love Peacock says, 'On leaving this academy' (_i.e._ Sion House) 'he was sent in his fifteenth year to Eton,' and Mr. William Rossetti says, 'He passed to Eton in his fifteenth year.'

grass with long cylindrical spikes grown in northern United States and Europe for hay

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

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

From this reading Lady Shelley says, 'At the age of _thirteen_ Shelley went to Eton.'

usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

arousing affect

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

under normal conditions

From this reading On the other hand, the usually exact Thomas Love Peacock says, 'On leaving this academy' (_i.e._ Sion House) 'he was sent in his fifteenth year to Eton,' and Mr. William Rossetti says, 'He passed to Eton in his fifteenth year.'

New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952)

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

German conductor (1876-1962)

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

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

From this reading On the other hand, the usually exact Thomas Love Peacock says, 'On leaving this academy' (_i.e._ Sion House) 'he was sent in his fifteenth year to Eton,' and Mr. William Rossetti says, 'He passed to Eton in his fifteenth year.'

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading Lady Shelley says, 'At the age of _thirteen_ Shelley went to Eton.'

an old and formal word for “while”

From this reading Respecting the year of Shelley's first term at Eton, the authorities differ: one set of writers averring that he entered the school in his fourteenth year (1806), whilst other biographers record that he entered it in his fifteenth year (1807).

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

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From this reading On the other hand, the usually exact Thomas Love Peacock says, 'On leaving this academy' (_i.e._ Sion House) 'he was sent in his fifteenth year to Eton,' and Mr. William Rossetti says, 'He passed to Eton in his fifteenth year.'

a retraction of a previously held position

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

plural of “writer” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading Respecting the year of Shelley's first term at Eton, the authorities differ: one set of writers averring that he entered the school in his fourteenth year (1806), whilst other biographers record that he entered it in his fifteenth year (1807).

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.

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

From this reading First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home--The Big Tortoise--The Great Snake--Dr. Keate--Mr. Packe at fault--Walter Halliday--Mr. Hexter--Mr. Bethell--Fagging--Mad Shelley--'Old Walker'--Enthusiasm for Natural Science--The Rebel of the School--Lord High Atheist--Dr. Lind's Pernicious Influence on Shelley--Poetical Fictions about Dr. Lind--Shelley's Illness at Field Place--His Monstrous Hallucination touching his Father--John Shelley the Lunatic--_Zastrozzi_--Premature Withdrawal from Eton.