Chapter V · Chapter 5

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

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

anew

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

how long something has existed

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

(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 Some for this Faction cry, others for that, The pious Mobile fir they know not what: So tho by different ways the Fever seize, In all ’tis one and the same mad Disease.

using the voice; not silently

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

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

From this reading Some for this Faction cry, others for that, The pious Mobile fir they know not what: So tho by different ways the Fever seize, In all ’tis one and the same mad Disease.

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

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

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

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

(plural) the lay members of a male religious order

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading PROLOGUE, Spoken by Mr. _Smith_.

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From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

made or become different in nature or form

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

deprive somebody of something by deceit

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

the good of a community

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

feelings of excessive pride

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

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From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

utter a sudden loud cry

From this reading Some for this Faction cry, others for that, The pious Mobile fir they know not what: So tho by different ways the Fever seize, In all ’tis one and the same mad Disease.

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From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

unlike in nature or quality or form or degree

From this reading Some for this Faction cry, others for that, The pious Mobile fir they know not what: So tho by different ways the Fever seize, In all ’tis one and the same mad Disease.

an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

lacking in liveliness or animation

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

divisible by two

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue

From this reading Some for this Faction cry, others for that, The pious Mobile fir they know not what: So tho by different ways the Fever seize, In all ’tis one and the same mad Disease.

a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

nonresinous wood of a fir tree

From this reading Some for this Faction cry, others for that, The pious Mobile fir they know not what: So tho by different ways the Fever seize, In all ’tis one and the same mad Disease.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Some for this Faction cry, others for that, The pious Mobile fir they know not what: So tho by different ways the Fever seize, In all ’tis one and the same mad Disease.

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

a contest with rules to determine a winner

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

having or manifesting hope

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

compel to behave in a certain way

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

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

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

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

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

and nothing more

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

plural of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

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

From this reading Some for this Faction cry, others for that, The pious Mobile fir they know not what: So tho by different ways the Fever seize, In all ’tis one and the same mad Disease.

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

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

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

roused to anger

From this reading Some for this Faction cry, others for that, The pious Mobile fir they know not what: So tho by different ways the Fever seize, In all ’tis one and the same mad Disease.

the force of workers available

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

migratory

From this reading Some for this Faction cry, others for that, The pious Mobile fir they know not what: So tho by different ways the Fever seize, In all ’tis one and the same mad Disease.

a form of address for a man

From this reading PROLOGUE, Spoken by Mr. _Smith_.

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

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

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

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

throughout a period of time

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

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From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Some for this Faction cry, others for that, The pious Mobile fir they know not what: So tho by different ways the Fever seize, In all ’tis one and the same mad Disease.

and nothing more

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

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From this reading Some for this Faction cry, others for that, The pious Mobile fir they know not what: So tho by different ways the Fever seize, In all ’tis one and the same mad Disease.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

go across or through

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity

From this reading Some for this Faction cry, others for that, The pious Mobile fir they know not what: So tho by different ways the Fever seize, In all ’tis one and the same mad Disease.

participate in games or sport

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

plural of “poet” — a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

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From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

having great power or force or potency or effect

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

communicate vividly

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

an introduction to a play

From this reading PROLOGUE, Spoken by Mr. _Smith_.

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From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

a disorderly crowd of people

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

worried and uneasy

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

Identical; not different.

From this reading Some for this Faction cry, others for that, The pious Mobile fir they know not what: So tho by different ways the Fever seize, In all ’tis one and the same mad Disease.

the place where some action occurs

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

take hold of; grab

From this reading Some for this Faction cry, others for that, The pious Mobile fir they know not what: So tho by different ways the Fever seize, In all ’tis one and the same mad Disease.

a general conscious awareness

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)

From this reading PROLOGUE, Spoken by Mr. _Smith_.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Some for this Faction cry, others for that, The pious Mobile fir they know not what: So tho by different ways the Fever seize, In all ’tis one and the same mad Disease.

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

From this reading Some for this Faction cry, others for that, The pious Mobile fir they know not what: So tho by different ways the Fever seize, In all ’tis one and the same mad Disease.

an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination

From this reading PROLOGUE, Spoken by Mr. _Smith_.

any distinct time period in a sequence of events

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

plural of “statesman” — a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

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

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

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

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

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

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

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

From this reading Some for this Faction cry, others for that, The pious Mobile fir they know not what: So tho by different ways the Fever seize, In all ’tis one and the same mad Disease.

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From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

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

From this reading Some for this Faction cry, others for that, The pious Mobile fir they know not what: So tho by different ways the Fever seize, In all ’tis one and the same mad Disease.

a branch of the Tai languages

From this reading Some for this Faction cry, others for that, The pious Mobile fir they know not what: So tho by different ways the Fever seize, In all ’tis one and the same mad Disease.

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

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite

From this reading Some for this Faction cry, others for that, The pious Mobile fir they know not what: So tho by different ways the Fever seize, In all ’tis one and the same mad Disease.

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

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired

From this reading Some for this Faction cry, others for that, The pious Mobile fir they know not what: So tho by different ways the Fever seize, In all ’tis one and the same mad Disease.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

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

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Some for this Faction cry, others for that, The pious Mobile fir they know not what: So tho by different ways the Fever seize, In all ’tis one and the same mad Disease.

at the time that

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

which person or people

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

belonging to which person

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Poets, like Statesmen, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange; Tho the few Men of Sense decry’t aloud, The Cheat will pass with the unthinking Croud: The Rabble ’tis we court, those powerful things, Whose Voices can impose even Laws on Kings.

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

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?

a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)

From this reading IN vain we labour to reform the Stage, Poets have caught too the Disease o’th’ Age, That Pest, _of not being quiet when they’re well_, That restless Fever, in the Brethren, _Zeal_; In publick Spirits call’d, _Good o’ th’ Commonweal_.

plural of “zealot” — a member of an ancient Jewish sect in Judea in the first century who fought to the death against the Romans and who killed or persecuted Jews who collaborated with the Romans

From this reading Our Author too, as all new Zealots do, Full of Conceit and Contradiction too, ’Cause the first Project took, is now so vain, T’attempt to play the old Game o’er again: The Scene is only changed; for who wou’d lay A Plot, so hopeful, just the same dull way?