Chapter IV · Chapter 4

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From this reading [32] [Compare _My Epitaph:_ "Youth, Nature and relenting Jove."--Letter to Hodgson, October 3, 1810, _Letters_, 1898, i.

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From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

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From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

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From this reading [32] [Compare _My Epitaph:_ "Youth, Nature and relenting Jove."--Letter to Hodgson, October 3, 1810, _Letters_, 1898, i.

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From this reading 298.] [ap] _Dear simple gift_----.--[MS. erased.]

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From this reading [32] [Compare _My Epitaph:_ "Youth, Nature and relenting Jove."--Letter to Hodgson, October 3, 1810, _Letters_, 1898, i.

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From this reading [32] [Compare _My Epitaph:_ "Youth, Nature and relenting Jove."--Letter to Hodgson, October 3, 1810, _Letters_, 1898, i.

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From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

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From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

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From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

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From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

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

From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

how long something has existed

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

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From this reading On the other side-- 'Ah!

disposed to please

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

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

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

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

From this reading [32] [Compare _My Epitaph:_ "Youth, Nature and relenting Jove."--Letter to Hodgson, October 3, 1810, _Letters_, 1898, i.

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From this reading 298.] [ap] _Dear simple gift_----.--[MS. erased.]

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From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

English poet and literary critic (1822-1888)

From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

showing who or what does the action

From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

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

From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

examine and note the similarities or differences of

From this reading [32] [Compare _My Epitaph:_ "Youth, Nature and relenting Jove."--Letter to Hodgson, October 3, 1810, _Letters_, 1898, i.

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From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

overfilled or compacted or concentrated

From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

dearly loved

From this reading 298.] [ap] _Dear simple gift_----.--[MS. erased.]

past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

a hussar's jacket worn over the shoulders

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

plural of “edition” — the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published

From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there

From this reading [32] [Compare _My Epitaph:_ "Youth, Nature and relenting Jove."--Letter to Hodgson, October 3, 1810, _Letters_, 1898, i.

past form of “erase” — remove from memory or existence

From this reading 298.] [ap] _Dear simple gift_----.--[MS. erased.]

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From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

about to be mentioned or specified

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

look with amazement; look stupidly

From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

something acquired without compensation

From this reading 298.] [ap] _Dear simple gift_----.--[MS. erased.]

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

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From this reading [32] [Compare _My Epitaph:_ "Youth, Nature and relenting Jove."--Letter to Hodgson, October 3, 1810, _Letters_, 1898, i.

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

From this reading [32] [Compare _My Epitaph:_ "Youth, Nature and relenting Jove."--Letter to Hodgson, October 3, 1810, _Letters_, 1898, i.

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

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

written (by handwriting, printing, engraving, or carving) on or in a surface

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

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

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

(Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus

From this reading [32] [Compare _My Epitaph:_ "Youth, Nature and relenting Jove."--Letter to Hodgson, October 3, 1810, _Letters_, 1898, i.

a written message addressed to a person or organization

From this reading [32] [Compare _My Epitaph:_ "Youth, Nature and relenting Jove."--Letter to Hodgson, October 3, 1810, _Letters_, 1898, i.

the literary culture

From this reading [32] [Compare _My Epitaph:_ "Youth, Nature and relenting Jove."--Letter to Hodgson, October 3, 1810, _Letters_, 1898, i.

plural of “lover” — a person who loves someone or is loved by someone

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

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

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel

From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

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

From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

a form of address for a man

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers

From this reading 298.] [ap] _Dear simple gift_----.--[MS. erased.]

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading [32] [Compare _My Epitaph:_ "Youth, Nature and relenting Jove."--Letter to Hodgson, October 3, 1810, _Letters_, 1898, i.

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

From this reading [32] [Compare _My Epitaph:_ "Youth, Nature and relenting Jove."--Letter to Hodgson, October 3, 1810, _Letters_, 1898, i.

the month following September and preceding November

From this reading [32] [Compare _My Epitaph:_ "Youth, Nature and relenting Jove."--Letter to Hodgson, October 3, 1810, _Letters_, 1898, i.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental value

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading On the other side-- 'Ah!

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From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

-ing form of “relent” — give in, as to influence or pressure

From this reading [32] [Compare _My Epitaph:_ "Youth, Nature and relenting Jove."--Letter to Hodgson, October 3, 1810, _Letters_, 1898, i.

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

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From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved

From this reading 298.] [ap] _Dear simple gift_----.--[MS. erased.]

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From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

refrain from harming

From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

plural of “stanza” — a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

having come or been brought to a conclusion

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

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

From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

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

From this reading [32] [Compare _My Epitaph:_ "Youth, Nature and relenting Jove."--Letter to Hodgson, October 3, 1810, _Letters_, 1898, i.

the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

the act of traveling by foot

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind

From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

which person or people

From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

hope for; have a wish

From this reading [33] {39} Compare _A Wish_, by Matthew Arnold, stanza 3, etc.-- "Spare me the whispering, crowded room, The friends who come and gape and go," etc. [aq] {41} _Stanzas_.--[Editions 1812-1831.]

in the company of; together with

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

the words that are spoken

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

a late time of life

From this reading [34] ["The Lovers' Walk is terminated with an ornamental urn, inscribed to Miss Dolman, a beautiful and amiable relation of Mr. Shenstone's, who died of the small-pox, about twenty-one years of age, in the following words on one side:-- 'Peramabili consobrinæ M.D.'

a young person (especially a young man or boy)

From this reading [32] [Compare _My Epitaph:_ "Youth, Nature and relenting Jove."--Letter to Hodgson, October 3, 1810, _Letters_, 1898, i.