1833
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From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO SARAH HAZLITT [Dated at end:] Mr. Walden's, Church Street, Edmonton, May 31, 1833.
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From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO SARAH HAZLITT [Dated at end:] Mr. Walden's, Church Street, Edmonton, May 31, 1833.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I took a sudden resolution to take my sister to Edmonton, where she was under medical treatment last time, and have arranged to board and lodge with the people.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Dear Mrs. Hazlitt,--I will assuredly come, and find you out, when I am better.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dear Mrs. Hazlitt,--I will assuredly come, and find you out, when I am better.
disposed or placed in a particular kind of order
From this reading I took a sudden resolution to take my sister to Edmonton, where she was under medical treatment last time, and have arranged to board and lodge with the people.
assuredlyadverbUS /əˈʃʊrədli/
without a doubt
From this reading Dear Mrs. Hazlitt,--I will assuredly come, and find you out, when I am better.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO SARAH HAZLITT [Dated at end:] Mr. Walden's, Church Street, Edmonton, May 31, 1833.
b'ye
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From this reading 'Tis late, and my hand unsteady, so good b'ye till we meet.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Thus ends this strange eventful history-- But I am nearer town, and will get up to you somehow before long-- I repent not of my resolution.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading Dear Mrs. Hazlitt,--I will assuredly come, and find you out, when I am better.
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading I took a sudden resolution to take my sister to Edmonton, where she was under medical treatment last time, and have arranged to board and lodge with the people.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Thus ends this strange eventful history-- But I am nearer town, and will get up to you somehow before long-- I repent not of my resolution.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I am driven from house and home by Mary's illness.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading Your old C.L.
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 SARAH HAZLITT [Dated at end:] Mr. Walden's, Church Street, Edmonton, May 31, 1833.
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO SARAH HAZLITT [Dated at end:] Mr. Walden's, Church Street, Edmonton, May 31, 1833.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Dear Mrs. Hazlitt,--I will assuredly come, and find you out, when I am better.
contentedadjectiveUS /kənˈtentəd/
satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
From this reading I have got out of hell, despair of heaven, and must sit down contented in a half-way purgatory.
DatedadjectiveUS /ˈdeɪtɪd/
marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO SARAH HAZLITT [Dated at end:] Mr. Walden's, Church Street, Edmonton, May 31, 1833.
dearly loved
From this reading Dear Mrs. Hazlitt,--I will assuredly come, and find you out, when I am better.
a state in which all hope is lost or absent
From this reading I have got out of hell, despair of heaven, and must sit down contented in a half-way purgatory.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading I have got out of hell, despair of heaven, and must sit down contented in a half-way purgatory.
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
From this reading I am driven from house and home by Mary's illness.
EdmontonnounUS /ˈedməntən/
the capital of the province of Alberta
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO SARAH HAZLITT [Dated at end:] Mr. Walden's, Church Street, Edmonton, May 31, 1833.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO SARAH HAZLITT [Dated at end:] Mr. Walden's, Church Street, Edmonton, May 31, 1833.
plural of “end” — either extremity of something that has length
From this reading Thus ends this strange eventful history-- But I am nearer town, and will get up to you somehow before long-- I repent not of my resolution.
Enfield
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From this reading Thank God, I have repudiated Enfield.
eventfuladjectiveUS /ɪˈventfəl/
full of events or incidents
From this reading Thus ends this strange eventful history-- But I am nearer town, and will get up to you somehow before long-- I repent not of my resolution.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading Dear Mrs. Hazlitt,--I will assuredly come, and find you out, when I am better.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I am driven from house and home by Mary's illness.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Thus ends this strange eventful history-- But I am nearer town, and will get up to you somehow before long-- I repent not of my resolution.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading Thank God, I have repudiated Enfield.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading 'Tis late, and my hand unsteady, so good b'ye till we meet.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I have got out of hell, despair of heaven, and must sit down contented in a half-way purgatory.
half-way
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From this reading I have got out of hell, despair of heaven, and must sit down contented in a half-way purgatory.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading 'Tis late, and my hand unsteady, so good b'ye till we meet.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I took a sudden resolution to take my sister to Edmonton, where she was under medical treatment last time, and have arranged to board and lodge with the people.
HAZLITTnoun
English essayist and literary critic (1778-1830)
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO SARAH HAZLITT [Dated at end:] Mr. Walden's, Church Street, Edmonton, May 31, 1833.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading I have got out of hell, despair of heaven, and must sit down contented in a half-way purgatory.
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading I have got out of hell, despair of heaven, and must sit down contented in a half-way purgatory.
the aggregate of past events
From this reading Thus ends this strange eventful history-- But I am nearer town, and will get up to you somehow before long-- I repent not of my resolution.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading I am driven from house and home by Mary's illness.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading I am driven from house and home by Mary's illness.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Dear Mrs. Hazlitt,--I will assuredly come, and find you out, when I am better.
illnessnounUS /ˈɪlnəs/
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
From this reading I am driven from house and home by Mary's illness.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I have got out of hell, despair of heaven, and must sit down contented in a half-way purgatory.
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading Your old C.L.
LAMBnounUS /læm/
young sheep
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO SARAH HAZLITT [Dated at end:] Mr. Walden's, Church Street, Edmonton, May 31, 1833.
immediately past
From this reading I took a sudden resolution to take my sister to Edmonton, where she was under medical treatment last time, and have arranged to board and lodge with the people.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading 'Tis late, and my hand unsteady, so good b'ye till we meet.
lodgeverbUS /lɑːdʒ/
be a lodger; stay temporarily
From this reading I took a sudden resolution to take my sister to Edmonton, where she was under medical treatment last time, and have arranged to board and lodge with the people.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Thus ends this strange eventful history-- But I am nearer town, and will get up to you somehow before long-- I repent not of my resolution.
Mary'snounUS /ˈmeriz/
possessive form of “mary” — the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading I am driven from house and home by Mary's illness.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO SARAH HAZLITT [Dated at end:] Mr. Walden's, Church Street, Edmonton, May 31, 1833.
medicaladjectiveUS /ˈmedəkəl/
relating to the study or practice of medicine
From this reading I took a sudden resolution to take my sister to Edmonton, where she was under medical treatment last time, and have arranged to board and lodge with the people.
come together
From this reading 'Tis late, and my hand unsteady, so good b'ye till we meet.
a form of address for a man
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO SARAH HAZLITT [Dated at end:] Mr. Walden's, Church Street, Edmonton, May 31, 1833.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Dear Mrs. Hazlitt,--I will assuredly come, and find you out, when I am better.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I have got out of hell, despair of heaven, and must sit down contented in a half-way purgatory.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I took a sudden resolution to take my sister to Edmonton, where she was under medical treatment last time, and have arranged to board and lodge with the people.
(comparative of “near” or “close”) within a shorter distance
From this reading Thus ends this strange eventful history-- But I am nearer town, and will get up to you somehow before long-- I repent not of my resolution.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Thus ends this strange eventful history-- But I am nearer town, and will get up to you somehow before long-- I repent not of my resolution.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I have got out of hell, despair of heaven, and must sit down contented in a half-way purgatory.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Your old C.L.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Dear Mrs. Hazlitt,--I will assuredly come, and find you out, when I am better.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading I took a sudden resolution to take my sister to Edmonton, where she was under medical treatment last time, and have arranged to board and lodge with the people.
purgatorynounUS /ˈpɜːrɡətɔːri/
a temporary condition of torment or suffering
From this reading I have got out of hell, despair of heaven, and must sit down contented in a half-way purgatory.
repentverbUS /rɪˈpent/
turn away from sin or do penitence
From this reading Thus ends this strange eventful history-- But I am nearer town, and will get up to you somehow before long-- I repent not of my resolution.
repudiatedverbUS /riˈpjuːdieɪtɪd/
past form of “repudiate” — cast off
From this reading Thank God, I have repudiated Enfield.
a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
From this reading I took a sudden resolution to take my sister to Edmonton, where she was under medical treatment last time, and have arranged to board and lodge with the people.
SARAHnounUS /ˈserə/
(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO SARAH HAZLITT [Dated at end:] Mr. Walden's, Church Street, Edmonton, May 31, 1833.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I took a sudden resolution to take my sister to Edmonton, where she was under medical treatment last time, and have arranged to board and lodge with the people.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading I took a sudden resolution to take my sister to Edmonton, where she was under medical treatment last time, and have arranged to board and lodge with the people.
be seated
From this reading I have got out of hell, despair of heaven, and must sit down contented in a half-way purgatory.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading 'Tis late, and my hand unsteady, so good b'ye till we meet.
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading Thus ends this strange eventful history-- But I am nearer town, and will get up to you somehow before long-- I repent not of my resolution.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading Thus ends this strange eventful history-- But I am nearer town, and will get up to you somehow before long-- I repent not of my resolution.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO SARAH HAZLITT [Dated at end:] Mr. Walden's, Church Street, Edmonton, May 31, 1833.
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading I took a sudden resolution to take my sister to Edmonton, where she was under medical treatment last time, and have arranged to board and lodge with the people.
carry out
From this reading I took a sudden resolution to take my sister to Edmonton, where she was under medical treatment last time, and have arranged to board and lodge with the people.
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading Thank God, I have repudiated Enfield.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I took a sudden resolution to take my sister to Edmonton, where she was under medical treatment last time, and have arranged to board and lodge with the people.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Thus ends this strange eventful history-- But I am nearer town, and will get up to you somehow before long-- I repent not of my resolution.
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading Thus ends this strange eventful history-- But I am nearer town, and will get up to you somehow before long-- I repent not of my resolution.
up to a particular time
From this reading 'Tis late, and my hand unsteady, so good b'ye till we meet.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading I took a sudden resolution to take my sister to Edmonton, where she was under medical treatment last time, and have arranged to board and lodge with the people.
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading 'Tis late, and my hand unsteady, so good b'ye till we meet.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO SARAH HAZLITT [Dated at end:] Mr. Walden's, Church Street, Edmonton, May 31, 1833.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading I took a sudden resolution to take my sister to Edmonton, where she was under medical treatment last time, and have arranged to board and lodge with the people.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading Thus ends this strange eventful history-- But I am nearer town, and will get up to you somehow before long-- I repent not of my resolution.
treatmentnounUS /ˈtriːtmənt/
care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
From this reading I took a sudden resolution to take my sister to Edmonton, where she was under medical treatment last time, and have arranged to board and lodge with the people.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading I took a sudden resolution to take my sister to Edmonton, where she was under medical treatment last time, and have arranged to board and lodge with the people.
unsteadyadjectiveUS /ənˈstedi/
subject to change or variation
From this reading 'Tis late, and my hand unsteady, so good b'ye till we meet.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Thus ends this strange eventful history-- But I am nearer town, and will get up to you somehow before long-- I repent not of my resolution.
Walden's
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From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO SARAH HAZLITT [Dated at end:] Mr. Walden's, Church Street, Edmonton, May 31, 1833.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I took a sudden resolution to take my sister to Edmonton, where she was under medical treatment last time, and have arranged to board and lodge with the people.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading 'Tis late, and my hand unsteady, so good b'ye till we meet.
at the time that
From this reading Dear Mrs. Hazlitt,--I will assuredly come, and find you out, when I am better.
in or at the place that
From this reading I took a sudden resolution to take my sister to Edmonton, where she was under medical treatment last time, and have arranged to board and lodge with the people.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Dear Mrs. Hazlitt,--I will assuredly come, and find you out, when I am better.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I took a sudden resolution to take my sister to Edmonton, where she was under medical treatment last time, and have arranged to board and lodge with the people.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Dear Mrs. Hazlitt,--I will assuredly come, and find you out, when I am better.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your old C.L.
