Chapter XII

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

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

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From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

(immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

anew

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

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From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

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

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

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

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

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

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

person who makes a gift of property

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

anemic looking from illness or emotion

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

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From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

plural of “breath” — the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

the people of Great Britain

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

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From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

plural of “cheek” — either side of the face below the eyes

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

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

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

plural of “convert” — a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

entailing great loss or sacrifice

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

plural of “courtier” — an attendant at the court of a sovereign

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

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From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

any strong feeling

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

to the same degree (often followed by “as”)

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

opinion or judgment

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

From this reading The sudden storm, however invoked, shook that sweet fabric most mightily.

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

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

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

emotional or moral sensitivity (especially in relation to personal principles or dignity)

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

elaborate or showy attire and accessories

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

having the pinkish flush of health

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

plural of “flush” — the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

at or to or toward the front

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

made afraid

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

unflinching in battle or action

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

tastelessly showy

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

having the deep slightly brownish color of gold

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

a young female

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

possessive form of “girl” — a young female

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

having brief brilliant points or flashes of light

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

having the deep slightly brownish color of gold

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

express greetings upon meeting someone

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

a female heir

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

occupied or in the control of; often used in combination

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

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

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

used to add a contrasting statement

From this reading The sudden storm, however invoked, shook that sweet fabric most mightily.

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

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

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

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

past form of “invoke” — summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

From this reading The sudden storm, however invoked, shook that sweet fabric most mightily.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

and nothing more

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

belonging to the present or recent times

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

a field of cultivated and mowed grass

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

held up in the air

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

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

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

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From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

less than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

any art that invokes supernatural powers

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

a young woman who is not married

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

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From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

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

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

full of or showing high-spirited merriment

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

powerfully or vigorously

From this reading The sudden storm, however invoked, shook that sweet fabric most mightily.

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

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From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

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

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

used to form the superlative

From this reading The sudden storm, however invoked, shook that sweet fabric most mightily.

a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

Having no name, or having a name that is kept secret or unknown.

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

a quantity of no importance

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

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

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

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

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

many times at short intervals

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

by chance

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

past form of “perk” — gain or regain energy

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

the family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

perfected or made shiny and smooth

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

the state of being present; current existence

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

accomplished rapidly and without delay

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

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From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

a rational motive for a belief or action

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

-ing form of “respond” — show a response or a reaction to something

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

Identical; not different.

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

cut with a saw

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

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

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment

From this reading The sudden storm, however invoked, shook that sweet fabric most mightily.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

start suddenly, as from fright

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

an instance of visual perception

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

yielding readily to pressure or weight

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

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

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

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

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

From this reading The sudden storm, however invoked, shook that sweet fabric most mightily.

being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

having strength or power greater than average or expected

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

happening without warning or in a short space of time

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

From this reading The sudden storm, however invoked, shook that sweet fabric most mightily.

moving very fast

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

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

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

in or at that place or location

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

the process of using your mind to consider something carefully

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

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

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

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From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

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

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

make physical contact with, come in contact with

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

moved around an axis or center

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

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

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

in an unaccountable manner

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

not known

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

lacking in schooling

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

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

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

a formal word for “on”

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

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

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

plural of “vein” — a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

precisely as stated

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

a vivid mental image

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

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

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

at the time that

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

during the time that

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

a Caucasian

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

comparative of “white” — being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

which person or people

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

in the company of; together with

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

inflected form of “withdraw” — pull back or move away or backward

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

strange, beautiful, and impressive

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

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

From this reading She came a step forward, as though she would greet some long-looked-for friend, and then withdrew--and half held out her hand, and took it back, the while the color came and went upon her cheeks in quick flushes, and, stirred by some strange emotion, her bosom rose and fell under the golden cestus and the lawn with the stress of her feelings.

a late time of life

From this reading And I--I the unhappy, I the sorrow bestower, as I saw her first, what of all things in this wide world should I think of--what should leap up in my mind as I perked my gilded scabbard and bowed low to the polished floor in my glittering Plantagenet finery--what vision should come to me in that latter-day hall, among those mandolin-fingering courtiers, before that costly raimented maiden, the fair heiress of a thousand years of care and gentle living, that girl leaning frightened and shy upon the arm of her strong father like a soft white mist-cloud in the shadow of a mountain--what thought, what idea, but a swift revision, of Blodwen, my wild, ruddy, untutored British wife!

but in spite of that

From this reading There, in that very minute, it seemed--there, in that merry, careless place in sight of me, but a gaudy gallant a little more thoughtful-looking, perhaps, than those she often saw, yet, all the same, naught but a stranger gallant, unknown and nameless to her--moved by some affinity within us, just as the alchemist’s magic touch converts between two breaths one elixir in his crucibles to another, so, before my eyes, I saw in that fair girl’s pallid face love flush through her veins and light her heart and eyes with a responding blush.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading Now, when that fair young English girl, at her father’s voice, turned to acknowledge my presence--thinking it was some other new knight of the many who came there every hour, she lifted her eyes to mine--and then, all on a sudden, without rhyme or reason, she started back and blanched whiter than her own wimple, and then flushed again, equally unaccountably, and fell a-trembling and staring at me in a wondrous fashion.