Chapter XXXIX · Chapter 39

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From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

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From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

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From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO WILLIAM WORDSWORTH [P.M. June 7, 1819.]

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From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

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From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

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From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

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From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO WILLIAM WORDSWORTH [P.M. June 7, 1819.]

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

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

used improperly or excessively especially drugs

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

(immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

later than; following

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

used to show sadness, pity, or regret

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

(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 We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

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

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading My dear Wordsworth, you cannot imagine how proud we are here of the DEDICATION.

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

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

not in a state of sleep; completely conscious

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

a mountain or tall hill

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

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

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

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From this reading My dear Wordsworth, you cannot imagine how proud we are here of the DEDICATION.

King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO WILLIAM WORDSWORTH [P.M. June 7, 1819.]

rid of obstructions

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

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From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

reduced in size or pulled together

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

dearly loved

From this reading My dear Wordsworth, you cannot imagine how proud we are here of the DEDICATION.

complete and wholehearted fidelity

From this reading My dear Wordsworth, you cannot imagine how proud we are here of the DEDICATION.

relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

lacking in light; not bright or harsh

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

pleasantly occupied

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

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From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

color with dye

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

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From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

to come or go into

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

plural of “explosion” — a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

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From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

the organ of sight

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

opinion or judgment

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

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

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

something regarded with special favor or liking

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

past form of “fetch” — go or come after and bring or take back

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

about to be mentioned or specified

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

set up or found

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

acknowledged as a supposition

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

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

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

light informal conversation for social occasions

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

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

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

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

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading My dear Wordsworth, you cannot imagine how proud we are here of the DEDICATION.

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

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

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From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

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From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

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From this reading My dear Wordsworth, you cannot imagine how proud we are here of the DEDICATION.

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

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

From this reading My dear Wordsworth, you cannot imagine how proud we are here of the DEDICATION.

commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

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

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

plural of “indie” — a pop group not affiliated with a major record company

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

in an inexorable manner

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

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

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

the month following May and preceding July

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO WILLIAM WORDSWORTH [P.M. June 7, 1819.]

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

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

apprehended with certainty

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

young sheep

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO WILLIAM WORDSWORTH [P.M. June 7, 1819.]

an arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

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From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

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From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

a written message addressed to a person or organization

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO WILLIAM WORDSWORTH [P.M. June 7, 1819.]

roused to anger

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

inflected form of “man” — take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

an artist of consummate skill

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

mean or intend to express or convey

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

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From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

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From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

used incorrectly or carelessly or for an improper purpose

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

to a great degree or extent

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

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From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading My dear Wordsworth, you cannot imagine how proud we are here of the DEDICATION.

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

not any; not one

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

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 Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading My dear Wordsworth, you cannot imagine how proud we are here of the DEDICATION.

a sign of something about to happen

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

on one occasion

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

leaking out slowly

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO WILLIAM WORDSWORTH [P.M. June 7, 1819.]

concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

examine or consider with attention and in detail

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

the act of playing a musical instrument

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

a geometric element that has position but no extension

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

deserving or inciting pity

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

plural of “prank” — acting like a clown or buffoon

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride

From this reading My dear Wordsworth, you cannot imagine how proud we are here of the DEDICATION.

interpret something that is written or printed

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

made less in size or amount or degree

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

-ing form of “reel” — walk as if unable to control one's movements

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

refuse to accept or acknowledge

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

the place where some action occurs

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

An advanced language learning technique where a student repeats speech immediately after hearing it.

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

the vital principle or animating force within living things

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

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From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

a cooperative unit (especially in sports)

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

separate or cause to separate abruptly

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

express in words

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

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

From this reading My dear Wordsworth, you cannot imagine how proud we are here of the DEDICATION.

plural of “theme” — the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

in or at that place or location

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

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

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

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

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO WILLIAM WORDSWORTH [P.M. June 7, 1819.]

the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

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From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

buying or selling securities or commodities

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

two times

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

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

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

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From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

migratory

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

plural of “warning” — a message informing of danger

From this reading Methinks there is a kind of shadowing affinity between the subject of the narrative and the subject of the dedication--but I will not enter into personal themes--else, substituting ******* **** for Ben, and the Honble United Company of Merch'ts trading to the East Indies for the Master of the misused Team, it might seem by no far fetched analogy to point its dim warnings hitherward--but I reject the omen--especially as its import seems to have been diverted to another victim.

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

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading My dear Wordsworth, you cannot imagine how proud we are here of the DEDICATION.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

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

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

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From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO WILLIAM WORDSWORTH [P.M. June 7, 1819.]

a romantic English poet whose work was inspired by the Lake District where he spent most of his life (1770-1850)

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO WILLIAM WORDSWORTH [P.M. June 7, 1819.]

a late time of life

From this reading Poor Tommy Bye, whom I have known (as I express'd it in a letter to Manning), man and mad man 27 years--he was my gossip in Leadenhall St.--but too much addicted to turn in at a red lattice--came wandering into his and my common scene of business--you have seen the orderly place--reeling drunk at nine o Clock-with his face of a deep blue, contracted by a filthy dowlas muckinger which had given up its dye to his poor oozy visnomy--and short to tell, after playing various pranks, laughing loud laughters three mad explosions they were--in the following morning the "tear stood in his eye"--for he found his abused income of clear £600 inexorably reduced to £100--he was my dear gossip--alas!

but in spite of that

From this reading We read it twice for once that we do the poem--I mean all through--yet Benjamin is no common favorite--there is a spirit of beautiful tolerance in it--it is as good as it was in 1806--and will be as good in 1829 if our dim eyes shall be awake to peruse it.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading My dear Wordsworth, you cannot imagine how proud we are here of the DEDICATION.