Chapter IX

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

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

concurrence of opinion

From this reading On coming of age, Shelley was pressed to join in the resettlement of the estates A and B, in accordance with the directions of his grandfather’s will and codicil.

how long something has existed

From this reading On coming of age, Shelley was pressed to join in the resettlement of the estates A and B, in accordance with the directions of his grandfather’s will and codicil.

the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

equally

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading Instead of yielding to this pressure, he firmly refused to join in the arrangement on which his father and grandfather were set; and by so refusing he forfeited for himself and issue all the interest assigned to him and them, in the far larger property, by the will.

prior to a specified or implied time

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

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

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

subject to appointment

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

the thing arranged or agreed to

From this reading Instead of yielding to this pressure, he firmly refused to join in the arrangement on which his father and grandfather were set; and by so refusing he forfeited for himself and issue all the interest assigned to him and them, in the far larger property, by the will.

appointed to a post or duty

From this reading Instead of yielding to this pressure, he firmly refused to join in the arrangement on which his father and grandfather were set; and by so refusing he forfeited for himself and issue all the interest assigned to him and them, in the far larger property, by the will.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

third-person singular of “beg” — call upon in supplication; entreat

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

inflected form of “breed” — call forth

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

possessive form of “byron” — English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824)

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

a town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

plural of “cause” — events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

the person or thing chosen or selected

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

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From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

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From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

plural of “close” — the temporal end; the concluding time

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

a supplement to a will; a testamentary instrument intended to alter an already executed will

From this reading On coming of age, Shelley was pressed to join in the resettlement of the estates A and B, in accordance with the directions of his grandfather’s will and codicil.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

the act of drawing spatially closer to something

From this reading On coming of age, Shelley was pressed to join in the resettlement of the estates A and B, in accordance with the directions of his grandfather’s will and codicil.

enter into a contractual arrangement

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

past form of “convict” — find or declare guilty

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

the form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

with intention; in an intentional manner

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

plural of “direction” — a line leading to a place or point

From this reading On coming of age, Shelley was pressed to join in the resettlement of the estates A and B, in accordance with the directions of his grandfather’s will and codicil.

plural of “disagreement” — a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

lack of agreement or harmony

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

the capital of the state of Delaware

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

being one more than seven

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

select by a vote for an office or membership

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

subject to popular election

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

the act of running away with a lover (usually to get married)

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

plural of “estate” — everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities

From this reading On coming of age, Shelley was pressed to join in the resettlement of the estates A and B, in accordance with the directions of his grandfather’s will and codicil.

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

morally objectionable behavior

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

plural of “excuse” — a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

presently existing

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading Instead of yielding to this pressure, he firmly refused to join in the arrangement on which his father and grandfather were set; and by so refusing he forfeited for himself and issue all the interest assigned to him and them, in the far larger property, by the will.

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

From this reading Instead of yielding to this pressure, he firmly refused to join in the arrangement on which his father and grandfather were set; and by so refusing he forfeited for himself and issue all the interest assigned to him and them, in the far larger property, by the will.

with resolute determination

From this reading Instead of yielding to this pressure, he firmly refused to join in the arrangement on which his father and grandfather were set; and by so refusing he forfeited for himself and issue all the interest assigned to him and them, in the far larger property, by the will.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

be earlier in time; go back further

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

especially of writing or speech; going before

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

surrendered as a penalty

From this reading Instead of yielding to this pressure, he firmly refused to join in the arrangement on which his father and grandfather were set; and by so refusing he forfeited for himself and issue all the interest assigned to him and them, in the far larger property, by the will.

grant freedom to; free from confinement

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

the state of being friends (or friendly)

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW LOVE.

acknowledged as a supposition

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

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From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

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From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

the father of your father or mother

From this reading Instead of yielding to this pressure, he firmly refused to join in the arrangement on which his father and grandfather were set; and by so refusing he forfeited for himself and issue all the interest assigned to him and them, in the far larger property, by the will.

possessive form of “grandfather” — the father of your father or mother

From this reading On coming of age, Shelley was pressed to join in the resettlement of the estates A and B, in accordance with the directions of his grandfather’s will and codicil.

death of a person

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

greater in size or importance or degree

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

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From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

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

From this reading Instead of yielding to this pressure, he firmly refused to join in the arrangement on which his father and grandfather were set; and by so refusing he forfeited for himself and issue all the interest assigned to him and them, in the far larger property, by the will.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading Instead of yielding to this pressure, he firmly refused to join in the arrangement on which his father and grandfather were set; and by so refusing he forfeited for himself and issue all the interest assigned to him and them, in the far larger property, by the will.

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

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

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From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

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

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

plural of “inaccuracy” — the quality of being inaccurate and having errors

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

lack of intellectual power

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

in place of, or as an alternative to

From this reading Instead of yielding to this pressure, he firmly refused to join in the arrangement on which his father and grandfather were set; and by so refusing he forfeited for himself and issue all the interest assigned to him and them, in the far larger property, by the will.

communication between individuals

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

From this reading Instead of yielding to this pressure, he firmly refused to join in the arrangement on which his father and grandfather were set; and by so refusing he forfeited for himself and issue all the interest assigned to him and them, in the far larger property, by the will.

prepare and issue for public distribution or sale

From this reading Instead of yielding to this pressure, he firmly refused to join in the arrangement on which his father and grandfather were set; and by so refusing he forfeited for himself and issue all the interest assigned to him and them, in the far larger property, by the will.

become part of; become a member of a group or organization

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

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From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

large or big relative to something else

From this reading Instead of yielding to this pressure, he firmly refused to join in the arrangement on which his father and grandfather were set; and by so refusing he forfeited for himself and issue all the interest assigned to him and them, in the far larger property, by the will.

the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW LOVE.

the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

hide under a false appearance

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

the officer below the master on a commercial ship

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

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

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

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

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

a form of address for a man

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

common to or shared by two or more parties

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW LOVE.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

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

From this reading FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW LOVE.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading On coming of age, Shelley was pressed to join in the resettlement of the estates A and B, in accordance with the directions of his grandfather’s will and codicil.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

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From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

the act of sharing in the activities of a group

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

possessive form of “paul” — United States feminist (1885-1977)

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

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

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

the particular portion of space occupied by something

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

compacted by ironing

From this reading On coming of age, Shelley was pressed to join in the resettlement of the estates A and B, in accordance with the directions of his grandfather’s will and codicil.

the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)

From this reading Instead of yielding to this pressure, he firmly refused to join in the arrangement on which his father and grandfather were set; and by so refusing he forfeited for himself and issue all the interest assigned to him and them, in the far larger property, by the will.

something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone

From this reading Instead of yielding to this pressure, he firmly refused to join in the arrangement on which his father and grandfather were set; and by so refusing he forfeited for himself and issue all the interest assigned to him and them, in the far larger property, by the will.

the act of refusing

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

past form of “refuse” — show unwillingness towards

From this reading Instead of yielding to this pressure, he firmly refused to join in the arrangement on which his father and grandfather were set; and by so refusing he forfeited for himself and issue all the interest assigned to him and them, in the far larger property, by the will.

-ing form of “refuse” — show unwillingness towards

From this reading Instead of yielding to this pressure, he firmly refused to join in the arrangement on which his father and grandfather were set; and by so refusing he forfeited for himself and issue all the interest assigned to him and them, in the far larger property, by the will.

the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

past form of “regard” — deem to be

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

the act of marrying again

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

any address at which you dwell more than temporarily

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

-ing form of “retain” — hold back within

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

the place where some action occurs

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

past form of “secure” — get by special effort

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

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From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

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From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

the state of lacking unity

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading Instead of yielding to this pressure, he firmly refused to join in the arrangement on which his father and grandfather were set; and by so refusing he forfeited for himself and issue all the interest assigned to him and them, in the far larger property, by the will.

plural of “settlement” — a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

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

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

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

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

United States actor (1858-1942)

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Instead of yielding to this pressure, he firmly refused to join in the arrangement on which his father and grandfather were set; and by so refusing he forfeited for himself and issue all the interest assigned to him and them, in the far larger property, by the will.

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From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

following in time or order

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

-ing form of “surrender” — give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

a landlocked federal republic in central Europe

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

the act of someone who picks up or takes something

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

the act of altering something secretly or improperly

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

a solemn statement made under oath

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

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

From this reading FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW LOVE.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

of or concerning this or that

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

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

From this reading Instead of yielding to this pressure, he firmly refused to join in the arrangement on which his father and grandfather were set; and by so refusing he forfeited for himself and issue all the interest assigned to him and them, in the far larger property, by the will.

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From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

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

From this reading FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW LOVE.

arousing affect

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading The choice was given to him to elect between surrendering the estate secured to him by existing settlements, and taking in lieu thereof the position and interest appointed to him by his grandfather’s will in the greater estate, or retaining his interest in A and B, and foregoing participation alike for himself and issue in C. Shelley deliberately elected to hold what was already secured to him, and to forego all interest under his grandfather’s will.

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

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

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

From this reading On coming of age, Shelley was pressed to join in the resettlement of the estates A and B, in accordance with the directions of his grandfather’s will and codicil.

plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

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

From this reading Instead of yielding to this pressure, he firmly refused to join in the arrangement on which his father and grandfather were set; and by so refusing he forfeited for himself and issue all the interest assigned to him and them, in the far larger property, by the will.

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From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

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

From this reading Instead of yielding to this pressure, he firmly refused to join in the arrangement on which his father and grandfather were set; and by so refusing he forfeited for himself and issue all the interest assigned to him and them, in the far larger property, by the will.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading On coming of age, Shelley was pressed to join in the resettlement of the estates A and B, in accordance with the directions of his grandfather’s will and codicil.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

a retraction of a previously held position

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

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

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

intense anger (usually on an epic scale)

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

a late time of life

From this reading Shelley’s Refusal to join in the Resettlement of A and B--His Places of Residence in Two Years and Eight Months--_A Refutation of Deism_--Mr. Kegan Paul’s Inaccuracies--Discord between Shelley and Harriett--Their Remarriage--Miss Westbrook’s Withdrawal--Shelley’s Desertion of Harriett--The Desertion closes in Separation by mutual Agreement--‘Do what other women do!’--Causes of the Separation--How Shelley’s Evidence touching them should be regarded--Peacock’s Testimony for Harriett--Shelley in Skinner Street--‘The Mask of Scorn’--Mary Godwin _not_ bred up to mate in Free Contract--Old St. Pancras Church--At Mary Wollstonecraft’s Grave--Claire’s Part in the Wooing--Excuses for Mary Godwin--The Elopement from Skinner Street--From London to Dover--From Dover to Calais--A ‘Scene’ at Calais--The Joint Journal--Mrs. Shelley convicted of Tampering with Evidence--The Six Weeks’ Tour--Shelley begs Harriett to come to him in Switzerland--Byron’s Hunger for Evil Fame--Shelley’s Self-Approbation and Self-Righteousness--Godwin’s Wrath with Shelley--Their subsequent Relations--Shelley’s Renewal of Intercourse with Harriett--Tiffs and Disagreements between Claire and Mary--Claire’s Incapacity for Friendship--She wants more than Friendship from Shelley.

inclined to yield to argument or influence or control

From this reading Instead of yielding to this pressure, he firmly refused to join in the arrangement on which his father and grandfather were set; and by so refusing he forfeited for himself and issue all the interest assigned to him and them, in the far larger property, by the will.