107
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From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It is difficult to consider Swift as a poet.
admiredadjectiveUS /ədˈmaɪərd/
regarded with admiration
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
(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 Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading STELLA AND VANESSA.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It is difficult to consider Swift as a poet.
attachmentnounUS /əˈtætʃmənt/
a feeling of affection for a person or an institution
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
attachmentsnounUS /əˈtætʃmənts/
plural of “attachment” — a feeling of affection for a person or an institution
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
avowedadjectiveUS /əˈvaʊd/
openly declared as such
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
barbarousadjectiveUS /ˈbɑːrbərəs/
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But who has not heard of "Swift's Stella?" and of Cadenus and Vanessa?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
Cadenus
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From this reading But who has not heard of "Swift's Stella?" and of Cadenus and Vanessa?
celebritynounUS /səˈlebrɪti/
a widely known person
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
having come or been brought to a conclusion
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
being joined in close association
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
deem to be
From this reading It is difficult to consider Swift as a poet.
zealous in devotion or affection
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading It is difficult to consider Swift as a poet.
disagreeableadjectiveUS /ˌdɪsəˈɡriːəbəl/
not to your liking
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
cause to move by pulling
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
elaborateadjectiveUS /ɪˈlæbrət/
marked by complexity and richness of detail
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
eternallyadverbUS /ɪˈtɜːrnəli/
for a limitless time
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
at any time
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
fablenounUS /ˈfeɪbəl/
a deliberately false or improbable account
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
givenadjectiveUS /ˈɡɪvən/
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But who has not heard of "Swift's Stella?" and of Cadenus and Vanessa?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading But who has not heard of "Swift's Stella?" and of Cadenus and Vanessa?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
the aggregate of past events
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
plural of “idea” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
ignominiousadjectiveUS /ˌɪɡnəˈmɪniəs/
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
ill-bestowed
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From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
ill-requited
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From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
inferencesnounUS /ˈɪnfərensɪz/
plural of “inference” — the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
insipidadjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈsɪpəd/
lacking taste or flavor or tang
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
intellectualadjectiveUS /ˌɪntəˈlektʃuːəl/
of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
arousing or holding the attention
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is difficult to consider Swift as a poet.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is difficult to consider Swift as a poet.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
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 Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
linkedadjectiveUS /lɪŋkt/
connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
creative writing of recognized artistic value
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
longestadverbUS /ˈlɔːŋɡəst/
for the most time
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
misplacedadjectiveUS /mɪˈspleɪst/
put in the wrong place or position
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
used to form the superlative
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
musesnounUS /ˈmjuːzəz/
plural of “mus” — type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
an old word for “no”
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But who has not heard of "Swift's Stella?" and of Cadenus and Vanessa?
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
having or expressing strong emotions
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading It is difficult to consider Swift as a poet.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
redeemedadjectiveUS /rɪˈdiːmd/
saved from the bondage of sin
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
selfishnessnounUS /ˈselfɪʃnəs/
stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
STELLAnounUS /ˈstelə/
United States minimalist painter (born in 1936)
From this reading STELLA AND VANESSA.
sungnounUS /sʌŋ/
the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
moving very fast
From this reading It is difficult to consider Swift as a poet.
Swift'snounUS /swɪfts/
possessive form of “swift” — United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903)
From this reading But who has not heard of "Swift's Stella?" and of Cadenus and Vanessa?
tawdryadjectiveUS /ˈtɔːdri/
tastelessly showy
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
a special situation
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is difficult to consider Swift as a poet.
a fact that has been verified
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
unamiable
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From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
unpoetical
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From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
VANESSAnounUS /vəˈnesə/
painted beauty and red admiral
From this reading STELLA AND VANESSA.
victimsnounUS /ˈvɪktəmz/
plural of “victim” — an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
vigournoun
forceful exertion
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
which person or people
From this reading But who has not heard of "Swift's Stella?" and of Cadenus and Vanessa?
belonging to which person
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
in the company of; together with
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Though all will confess that the two devoted women, who fell victims to his barbarous selfishness, and whose names are eternally linked with the history of our literature, are far more interesting, from their ill-bestowed, ill-requited and passionate attachment to _him_, than by any thing he ever sung or said of _them_.[107] Nay, his longest, his most elaborate, and his most admired poem--the avowed history of one of his attachments--with its insipid tawdry fable, its conclusion, in which nothing is concluded, and the inferences we are left to draw from it, would have given but an ignominious celebrity to poor Vanessa, if truth and time, and her own sweet nature, had not redeemed her.
yahoosnounUS /ˈjɑːhuːz/
plural of “yahoo” — a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
From this reading So many unamiable, disagreeable, unpoetical ideas are connected with his name, that, great as he was in fame and intellectual vigour, he seems as misplaced in the temple of the muses as one of his own yahoos.
