Chapter I · Chapter 1

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From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

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From this reading At any rate, the new series of _Theatres_ was begun on April 9, 1720, and continued to appear twice a week for eleven numbers until May 14.

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From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

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From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

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From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

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From this reading At any rate, the new series of _Theatres_ was begun on April 9, 1720, and continued to appear twice a week for eleven numbers until May 14.

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

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

(followed by “to”) in agreement with or accordant with

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

a record or narrative description of past events

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

later than; following

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

prior to a specified or implied time

From this reading But the paper of April 9, the first of the new _Theatres_, was only nominally the first of a series; Falstaffe, who numbered the paper "sixteen", had already written fifteen papers called _The Anti-Theatre_ in answer to Steele's _Theatre_.

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

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

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

From this reading At any rate, the new series of _Theatres_ was begun on April 9, 1720, and continued to appear twice a week for eleven numbers until May 14.

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From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

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From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

having no known name or identity or known source

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

react verbally

From this reading But the paper of April 9, the first of the new _Theatres_, was only nominally the first of a series; Falstaffe, who numbered the paper "sixteen", had already written fifteen papers called _The Anti-Theatre_ in answer to Steele's _Theatre_.

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From this reading But the paper of April 9, the first of the new _Theatres_, was only nominally the first of a series; Falstaffe, who numbered the paper "sixteen", had already written fifteen papers called _The Anti-Theatre_ in answer to Steele's _Theatre_.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading At any rate, the new series of _Theatres_ was begun on April 9, 1720, and continued to appear twice a week for eleven numbers until May 14.

give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading At any rate, the new series of _Theatres_ was begun on April 9, 1720, and continued to appear twice a week for eleven numbers until May 14.

past form of “appropriate” — give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

the month following March and preceding May

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

tree (as opposed to shrub)

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading At any rate, the new series of _Theatres_ was begun on April 9, 1720, and continued to appear twice a week for eleven numbers until May 14.

relating to or characteristic of the times of the Roman Emperor Augustus

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

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From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading At any rate, the new series of _Theatres_ was begun on April 9, 1720, and continued to appear twice a week for eleven numbers until May 14.

gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

past form of “bequeath” — leave or give by will after one's death

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

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From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

plural of “boy” — a youthful male person

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

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From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

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From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963)

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But the paper of April 9, the first of the new _Theatres_, was only nominally the first of a series; Falstaffe, who numbered the paper "sixteen", had already written fifteen papers called _The Anti-Theatre_ in answer to Steele's _Theatre_.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

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From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

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From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

the body of faculty and students of a college

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

a North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

the act of continuing an activity without interruption

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

without stop or interruption

From this reading At any rate, the new series of _Theatres_ was begun on April 9, 1720, and continued to appear twice a week for eleven numbers until May 14.

a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

the younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy; on Edwy's death he succeeded to the throne of England (944-975)

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

American theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America (1703-1758)

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

being one more than ten

From this reading At any rate, the new series of _Theatres_ was begun on April 9, 1720, and continued to appear twice a week for eleven numbers until May 14.

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From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

pleasantly occupied

From this reading On Tuesdays and Saturdays Falstaffe entertained the town with a pleasant essay in the tradition established by _The Tatler_.

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From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

an analytic or interpretive literary composition

From this reading On Tuesdays and Saturdays Falstaffe entertained the town with a pleasant essay in the tradition established by _The Tatler_.

brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established

From this reading On Tuesdays and Saturdays Falstaffe entertained the town with a pleasant essay in the tradition established by _The Tatler_.

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From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

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From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one

From this reading But the paper of April 9, the first of the new _Theatres_, was only nominally the first of a series; Falstaffe, who numbered the paper "sixteen", had already written fifteen papers called _The Anti-Theatre_ in answer to Steele's _Theatre_.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading But the paper of April 9, the first of the new _Theatres_, was only nominally the first of a series; Falstaffe, who numbered the paper "sixteen", had already written fifteen papers called _The Anti-Theatre_ in answer to Steele's _Theatre_.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading At any rate, the new series of _Theatres_ was begun on April 9, 1720, and continued to appear twice a week for eleven numbers until May 14.

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

United States economist noted as a proponent of monetarism and for his opposition to government intervention in the economy (born in 1912)

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading But the paper of April 9, the first of the new _Theatres_, was only nominally the first of a series; Falstaffe, who numbered the paper "sixteen", had already written fifteen papers called _The Anti-Theatre_ in answer to Steele's _Theatre_.

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

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

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

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

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

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879)

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

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

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

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

From this reading On Tuesdays and Saturdays Falstaffe entertained the town with a pleasant essay in the tradition established by _The Tatler_.

a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

the act of beginning something new

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

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

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

a son who has the same first name as his father

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

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From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

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From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

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

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

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From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981)

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

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

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

a vaguely specified concern

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

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

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

a midwestern state

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

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From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

a midwestern state on the Great Plains

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

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

From this reading At any rate, the new series of _Theatres_ was begun on April 9, 1720, and continued to appear twice a week for eleven numbers until May 14.

plural of “nile” — the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

not any; not one

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

in name only

From this reading But the paper of April 9, the first of the new _Theatres_, was only nominally the first of a series; Falstaffe, who numbered the paper "sixteen", had already written fifteen papers called _The Anti-Theatre_ in answer to Steele's _Theatre_.

past form of “number” — add up in number or quantity

From this reading But the paper of April 9, the first of the new _Theatres_, was only nominally the first of a series; Falstaffe, who numbered the paper "sixteen", had already written fifteen papers called _The Anti-Theatre_ in answer to Steele's _Theatre_.

the fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt

From this reading At any rate, the new series of _Theatres_ was begun on April 9, 1720, and continued to appear twice a week for eleven numbers until May 14.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

and nothing more

From this reading But the paper of April 9, the first of the new _Theatres_, was only nominally the first of a series; Falstaffe, who numbered the paper "sixteen", had already written fifteen papers called _The Anti-Theatre_ in answer to Steele's _Theatre_.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

have ownership or possession of

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

From this reading But the paper of April 9, the first of the new _Theatres_, was only nominally the first of a series; Falstaffe, who numbered the paper "sixteen", had already written fifteen papers called _The Anti-Theatre_ in answer to Steele's _Theatre_.

a publication that appears at fixed intervals

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings

From this reading On Tuesdays and Saturdays Falstaffe entertained the town with a pleasant essay in the tradition established by _The Tatler_.

like better; value more highly

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit

From this reading At any rate, the new series of _Theatres_ was begun on April 9, 1720, and continued to appear twice a week for eleven numbers until May 14.

a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

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From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

Identical; not different.

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

(Old Testament) Hebrew prophet and judge who anointed Saul as king

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

plural of “saturday” — the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading On Tuesdays and Saturdays Falstaffe entertained the town with a pleasant essay in the tradition established by _The Tatler_.

similar things placed in order or happening one after another

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

for a short time

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

term of address for a man

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

being one more than fifteen

From this reading But the paper of April 9, the first of the new _Theatres_, was only nominally the first of a series; Falstaffe, who numbered the paper "sixteen", had already written fifteen papers called _The Anti-Theatre_ in answer to Steele's _Theatre_.

an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

English writer (1672-1729)

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

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From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

inflected form of “supply” — give something useful or necessary to

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

Australian operatic soprano (born in 1926)

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

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From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

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From this reading On Tuesdays and Saturdays Falstaffe entertained the town with a pleasant essay in the tradition established by _The Tatler_.

the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

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

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

plural of “theatre” — a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented

From this reading At any rate, the new series of _Theatres_ was begun on April 9, 1720, and continued to appear twice a week for eleven numbers until May 14.

a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

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

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading On Tuesdays and Saturdays Falstaffe entertained the town with a pleasant essay in the tradition established by _The Tatler_.

an inherited pattern of thought or action

From this reading On Tuesdays and Saturdays Falstaffe entertained the town with a pleasant essay in the tradition established by _The Tatler_.

plural of “tuesday” — the third day of the week; the second working day

From this reading On Tuesdays and Saturdays Falstaffe entertained the town with a pleasant essay in the tradition established by _The Tatler_.

two times

From this reading At any rate, the new series of _Theatres_ was begun on April 9, 1720, and continued to appear twice a week for eleven numbers until May 14.

a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

the body of faculty and students at a university

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

up to a particular time

From this reading At any rate, the new series of _Theatres_ was begun on April 9, 1720, and continued to appear twice a week for eleven numbers until May 14.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

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

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

any period of seven consecutive days

From this reading At any rate, the new series of _Theatres_ was begun on April 9, 1720, and continued to appear twice a week for eleven numbers until May 14.

which person or people

From this reading Shortly after Steele brought his paper to a close on April 5, 1720, the anonymous author who called himself "Falstaffe" appropriated his title; or if we prefer Falstaffe's own account of the matter, he was bequeathed the title upon the decease of Steele's "Sir John Edgar".

in the company of; together with

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.

set down in writing in any of various ways

From this reading But the paper of April 9, the first of the new _Theatres_, was only nominally the first of a series; Falstaffe, who numbered the paper "sixteen", had already written fifteen papers called _The Anti-Theatre_ in answer to Steele's _Theatre_.

a university in Connecticut

From this reading The Augustan Reprint Society, Series Four: No. 1, May, 1948 With an Introduction by John Loftis RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles W. EARL BRITTON, University of Michigan EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota ERNEST MOSSNER, University of Texas JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London Lithoprinted from copy supplied by author Edwards Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION _The Theatre_, by "Sir John Falstaffe", is according to its author a continuation of Richard Steele's periodical of the same name.