Chapter V

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

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

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From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

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

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading With such people, and I have met with many in my life, ’twould have been scarce possible for me to live happily, nor, I suppose, would they have found me to their taste any more than I them.

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

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

severely simple

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

doing or producing good

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading I might so easily have been compelled to find a home with people of a very different type, kind and excellent no doubt, but ignorant, narrow and obscure.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

carefully thought out in advance

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

put or send forth

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

inflected form of “compel” — force somebody to do something

From this reading I might so easily have been compelled to find a home with people of a very different type, kind and excellent no doubt, but ignorant, narrow and obscure.

power to direct or determine

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

dearly loved

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

unlike in nature or quality or form or degree

From this reading I might so easily have been compelled to find a home with people of a very different type, kind and excellent no doubt, but ignorant, narrow and obscure.

(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

your usual mood

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

the state of being unsure of something

From this reading I might so easily have been compelled to find a home with people of a very different type, kind and excellent no doubt, but ignorant, narrow and obscure.

at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

with ease (“easy” is sometimes used informally for “easily”)

From this reading I might so easily have been compelled to find a home with people of a very different type, kind and excellent no doubt, but ignorant, narrow and obscure.

past form of “ensue” — issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

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From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

very good; of the highest quality

From this reading I might so easily have been compelled to find a home with people of a very different type, kind and excellent no doubt, but ignorant, narrow and obscure.

plural of “family” — a social unit living together

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

a social unit living together

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading I might so easily have been compelled to find a home with people of a very different type, kind and excellent no doubt, but ignorant, narrow and obscure.

marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading With such people, and I have met with many in my life, ’twould have been scarce possible for me to live happily, nor, I suppose, would they have found me to their taste any more than I them.

set up or found

From this reading With such people, and I have met with many in my life, ’twould have been scarce possible for me to live happily, nor, I suppose, would they have found me to their taste any more than I them.

plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

a gay feeling

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

willing to give and share unstintingly

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

a young female

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

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

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

exerting control or influence

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

in a joyous manner

From this reading With such people, and I have met with many in my life, ’twould have been scarce possible for me to live happily, nor, I suppose, would they have found me to their taste any more than I them.

an old form of “has”

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

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

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading I might so easily have been compelled to find a home with people of a very different type, kind and excellent no doubt, but ignorant, narrow and obscure.

lacking in physical beauty or proportion

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

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From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

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

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication

From this reading I might so easily have been compelled to find a home with people of a very different type, kind and excellent no doubt, but ignorant, narrow and obscure.

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From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

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

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

in truth (often tends to intensify)

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

having the legal right to inherit

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

plural of “interest” — a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

moving to the inside of something

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

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

From this reading I might so easily have been compelled to find a home with people of a very different type, kind and excellent no doubt, but ignorant, narrow and obscure.

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

a polite name for any woman

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

take somebody somewhere

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

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

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

be an inhabitant of or reside in

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

social deportment

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

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 It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

a vaguely specified concern

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

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

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

inflected form of “meet” — come together

From this reading With such people, and I have met with many in my life, ’twould have been scarce possible for me to live happily, nor, I suppose, would they have found me to their taste any more than I them.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading I might so easily have been compelled to find a home with people of a very different type, kind and excellent no doubt, but ignorant, narrow and obscure.

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

From this reading With such people, and I have met with many in my life, ’twould have been scarce possible for me to live happily, nor, I suppose, would they have found me to their taste any more than I them.

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

make or become more narrow or restricted

From this reading I might so easily have been compelled to find a home with people of a very different type, kind and excellent no doubt, but ignorant, narrow and obscure.

-ing form of “need” — require as useful, just, or proper

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

not any; not one

From this reading I might so easily have been compelled to find a home with people of a very different type, kind and excellent no doubt, but ignorant, narrow and obscure.

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading With such people, and I have met with many in my life, ’twould have been scarce possible for me to live happily, nor, I suppose, would they have found me to their taste any more than I them.

make less visible or unclear

From this reading I might so easily have been compelled to find a home with people of a very different type, kind and excellent no doubt, but ignorant, narrow and obscure.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

many times at short intervals

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading I might so easily have been compelled to find a home with people of a very different type, kind and excellent no doubt, but ignorant, narrow and obscure.

capable of happening or existing

From this reading With such people, and I have met with many in my life, ’twould have been scarce possible for me to live happily, nor, I suppose, would they have found me to their taste any more than I them.

The protective care of God or nature as a spiritual power. (Sự quan phòng, thiên ý phù hộ.)

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

any red eruption of the skin

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

plural of “result” — a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

incapable of or resistant to bending

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

only a very short time before

From this reading With such people, and I have met with many in my life, ’twould have been scarce possible for me to live happily, nor, I suppose, would they have found me to their taste any more than I them.

one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

term of address for a man

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

(physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading With such people, and I have met with many in my life, ’twould have been scarce possible for me to live happily, nor, I suppose, would they have found me to their taste any more than I them.

express a supposition

From this reading With such people, and I have met with many in my life, ’twould have been scarce possible for me to live happily, nor, I suppose, would they have found me to their taste any more than I them.

the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

To perceive flavor through the mouth.

From this reading With such people, and I have met with many in my life, ’twould have been scarce possible for me to live happily, nor, I suppose, would they have found me to their taste any more than I them.

something that seduces or has the quality to seduce

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading With such people, and I have met with many in my life, ’twould have been scarce possible for me to live happily, nor, I suppose, would they have found me to their taste any more than I them.

warm friendly feelings of gratitude

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading With such people, and I have met with many in my life, ’twould have been scarce possible for me to live happily, nor, I suppose, would they have found me to their taste any more than I them.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading With such people, and I have met with many in my life, ’twould have been scarce possible for me to live happily, nor, I suppose, would they have found me to their taste any more than I them.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading With such people, and I have met with many in my life, ’twould have been scarce possible for me to live happily, nor, I suppose, would they have found me to their taste any more than I them.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

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

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

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From this reading With such people, and I have met with many in my life, ’twould have been scarce possible for me to live happily, nor, I suppose, would they have found me to their taste any more than I them.

a subdivision of a particular kind of thing

From this reading I might so easily have been compelled to find a home with people of a very different type, kind and excellent no doubt, but ignorant, narrow and obscure.

not subjected to discipline

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

precisely as stated

From this reading I might so easily have been compelled to find a home with people of a very different type, kind and excellent no doubt, but ignorant, narrow and obscure.

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

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

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

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

which person or people

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?

in the company of; together with

From this reading I GO TO ALVA It hath often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as of great thankfulness, that a beneficent Providence should have cast my lot with friends so large-hearted and generous as Sir John Erskine and his dear lady.

despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)

From this reading For looking back upon my early life and character I know that I was but an undisciplined girl, needing firm but gentle guiding, spoiled by indulgence no doubt, impulsive, hot-headed, and rash, inheriting from my mother a strain of gaiety and light-heartedness calculated to lead me into temptation, and withal impatient of control.

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

From this reading It might have been my fate to live with a family of austere manners, of rigid life, of homely interests, like so many families at that time in Scotland, which indeed would have ill-accorded with my own disposition, and who knows what disastrous results might have ensued?