Chapter XXVII

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

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

higher than, or over, something

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

in the past

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

used to show sadness, pity, or regret

From this reading But so long as my nature is so disloyal to that great All-father, as to want a hat; thoughts will come into that superfluous, and therefore universally weak, part of the present human being, which goes into the chimney-pot--evolved, alas! as a penalty for that disloyalty.

(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 Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

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From this reading But so long as my nature is so disloyal to that great All-father, as to want a hat; thoughts will come into that superfluous, and therefore universally weak, part of the present human being, which goes into the chimney-pot--evolved, alas! as a penalty for that disloyalty.

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

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

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

any thing at all

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

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

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

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

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

travel up

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

plural of “beast” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

for the reason that

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

inflected form of “beget” — make (offspring) by reproduction

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading But so long as my nature is so disloyal to that great All-father, as to want a hat; thoughts will come into that superfluous, and therefore universally weak, part of the present human being, which goes into the chimney-pot--evolved, alas! as a penalty for that disloyalty.

accept as true; take to be true

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

a cruelly rapacious person

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

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From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But so long as my nature is so disloyal to that great All-father, as to want a hat; thoughts will come into that superfluous, and therefore universally weak, part of the present human being, which goes into the chimney-pot--evolved, alas! as a penalty for that disloyalty.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

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From this reading But so long as my nature is so disloyal to that great All-father, as to want a hat; thoughts will come into that superfluous, and therefore universally weak, part of the present human being, which goes into the chimney-pot--evolved, alas! as a penalty for that disloyalty.

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

From this reading But so long as my nature is so disloyal to that great All-father, as to want a hat; thoughts will come into that superfluous, and therefore universally weak, part of the present human being, which goes into the chimney-pot--evolved, alas! as a penalty for that disloyalty.

the act of examining resemblances

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading Oh, that Father Mollusk could only have foreseen a tithe of the woes, which the evolution of a head would entail upon his headstrong descendants!

move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

all of the offspring of a given progenitor

From this reading Oh, that Father Mollusk could only have foreseen a tithe of the woes, which the evolution of a head would entail upon his headstrong descendants!

look down on with disdain

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

showing lack of love for your country

From this reading But so long as my nature is so disloyal to that great All-father, as to want a hat; thoughts will come into that superfluous, and therefore universally weak, part of the present human being, which goes into the chimney-pot--evolved, alas! as a penalty for that disloyalty.

the quality of being disloyal

From this reading But so long as my nature is so disloyal to that great All-father, as to want a hat; thoughts will come into that superfluous, and therefore universally weak, part of the present human being, which goes into the chimney-pot--evolved, alas! as a penalty for that disloyalty.

without doubt; certainly

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

owed and payable immediately or on demand

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

have as a logical consequence

From this reading Oh, that Father Mollusk could only have foreseen a tithe of the woes, which the evolution of a head would entail upon his headstrong descendants!

every person

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)

From this reading Oh, that Father Mollusk could only have foreseen a tithe of the woes, which the evolution of a head would entail upon his headstrong descendants!

past form of “evolve” — work out

From this reading But so long as my nature is so disloyal to that great All-father, as to want a hat; thoughts will come into that superfluous, and therefore universally weak, part of the present human being, which goes into the chimney-pot--evolved, alas! as a penalty for that disloyalty.

a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

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

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

plural of “feel” — an intuitive awareness

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

plural of “fool” — a person who lacks good judgment

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading But so long as my nature is so disloyal to that great All-father, as to want a hat; thoughts will come into that superfluous, and therefore universally weak, part of the present human being, which goes into the chimney-pot--evolved, alas! as a penalty for that disloyalty.

plural of “forefather” — the founder of a family

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

inflected form of “foresee” — realize beforehand

From this reading Oh, that Father Mollusk could only have foreseen a tithe of the woes, which the evolution of a head would entail upon his headstrong descendants!

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

something acquired without compensation

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)

From this reading But so long as my nature is so disloyal to that great All-father, as to want a hat; thoughts will come into that superfluous, and therefore universally weak, part of the present human being, which goes into the chimney-pot--evolved, alas! as a penalty for that disloyalty.

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

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

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

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim

From this reading But so long as my nature is so disloyal to that great All-father, as to want a hat; thoughts will come into that superfluous, and therefore universally weak, part of the present human being, which goes into the chimney-pot--evolved, alas! as a penalty for that disloyalty.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

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

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

From this reading Oh, that Father Mollusk could only have foreseen a tithe of the woes, which the evolution of a head would entail upon his headstrong descendants!

any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

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

From this reading Oh, that Father Mollusk could only have foreseen a tithe of the woes, which the evolution of a head would entail upon his headstrong descendants!

characteristic of humanity

From this reading But so long as my nature is so disloyal to that great All-father, as to want a hat; thoughts will come into that superfluous, and therefore universally weak, part of the present human being, which goes into the chimney-pot--evolved, alas! as a penalty for that disloyalty.

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

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

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

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

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

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

the lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

less than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

plural of “make” — a recognizable kind

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell

From this reading Oh, that Father Mollusk could only have foreseen a tithe of the woes, which the evolution of a head would entail upon his headstrong descendants!

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

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading But so long as my nature is so disloyal to that great All-father, as to want a hat; thoughts will come into that superfluous, and therefore universally weak, part of the present human being, which goes into the chimney-pot--evolved, alas! as a penalty for that disloyalty.

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region

From this reading Oh, that Father Mollusk could only have foreseen a tithe of the woes, which the evolution of a head would entail upon his headstrong descendants!

and nothing more

From this reading Oh, that Father Mollusk could only have foreseen a tithe of the woes, which the evolution of a head would entail upon his headstrong descendants!

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

used when we are both doing the action and receiving it

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading But so long as my nature is so disloyal to that great All-father, as to want a hat; thoughts will come into that superfluous, and therefore universally weak, part of the present human being, which goes into the chimney-pot--evolved, alas! as a penalty for that disloyalty.

the act of punishing

From this reading But so long as my nature is so disloyal to that great All-father, as to want a hat; thoughts will come into that superfluous, and therefore universally weak, part of the present human being, which goes into the chimney-pot--evolved, alas! as a penalty for that disloyalty.

the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

betrayal of a trust

From this reading PERFIDY.

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading But so long as my nature is so disloyal to that great All-father, as to want a hat; thoughts will come into that superfluous, and therefore universally weak, part of the present human being, which goes into the chimney-pot--evolved, alas! as a penalty for that disloyalty.

free of extraneous elements of any kind

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

on the contrary

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

plural of “savage” — a member of an uncivilized people

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

established or decided beyond dispute or doubt

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

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From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading But so long as my nature is so disloyal to that great All-father, as to want a hat; thoughts will come into that superfluous, and therefore universally weak, part of the present human being, which goes into the chimney-pot--evolved, alas! as a penalty for that disloyalty.

rise rapidly

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

having strength or power greater than average or expected

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

make a strenuous or labored effort

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being

From this reading But so long as my nature is so disloyal to that great All-father, as to want a hat; thoughts will come into that superfluous, and therefore universally weak, part of the present human being, which goes into the chimney-pot--evolved, alas! as a penalty for that disloyalty.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

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

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

for that reason; as a result

From this reading But so long as my nature is so disloyal to that great All-father, as to want a hat; thoughts will come into that superfluous, and therefore universally weak, part of the present human being, which goes into the chimney-pot--evolved, alas! as a penalty for that disloyalty.

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

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading But so long as my nature is so disloyal to that great All-father, as to want a hat; thoughts will come into that superfluous, and therefore universally weak, part of the present human being, which goes into the chimney-pot--evolved, alas! as a penalty for that disloyalty.

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From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

exact a tithe from

From this reading Oh, that Father Mollusk could only have foreseen a tithe of the woes, which the evolution of a head would entail upon his headstrong descendants!

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

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

in the direction of

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

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

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

everywhere

From this reading But so long as my nature is so disloyal to that great All-father, as to want a hat; thoughts will come into that superfluous, and therefore universally weak, part of the present human being, which goes into the chimney-pot--evolved, alas! as a penalty for that disloyalty.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Oh, that Father Mollusk could only have foreseen a tithe of the woes, which the evolution of a head would entail upon his headstrong descendants!

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

feel or have a desire for; want strongly

From this reading But so long as my nature is so disloyal to that great All-father, as to want a hat; thoughts will come into that superfluous, and therefore universally weak, part of the present human being, which goes into the chimney-pot--evolved, alas! as a penalty for that disloyalty.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

wanting in physical strength

From this reading But so long as my nature is so disloyal to that great All-father, as to want a hat; thoughts will come into that superfluous, and therefore universally weak, part of the present human being, which goes into the chimney-pot--evolved, alas! as a penalty for that disloyalty.

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

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

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

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

which person or people

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading But so long as my nature is so disloyal to that great All-father, as to want a hat; thoughts will come into that superfluous, and therefore universally weak, part of the present human being, which goes into the chimney-pot--evolved, alas! as a penalty for that disloyalty.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

plural of “woe” — misery resulting from affliction

From this reading Oh, that Father Mollusk could only have foreseen a tithe of the woes, which the evolution of a head would entail upon his headstrong descendants!

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

From this reading Oh, that Father Mollusk could only have foreseen a tithe of the woes, which the evolution of a head would entail upon his headstrong descendants!

of very poor quality or condition

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

From this reading And doubtless, to this perception of the nature, from which we ourselves descend--or rather, by some gift (more marvellous a thousandfold than mine) ascend, tower above their wretched loins, and soar into the seventy-seventh heaven, or at least as much as we have left of it undemolished--to this pure disdain of the brutes who begot us, are due our strong yearning towards, and reverend faith in, the great father of us all,--a little snail, without a head.

used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father

From this reading Anything of that kind makes me sad; because I am in such a struggle to believe, what everybody now has settled long ago--and the younger he is, the more he feels it--that all our forefathers, in comparison with us, were low savages, fools, and brute beasts of the earth.