Chapter I

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

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

later than; following

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

anew

From this reading _You may remember that he was full of ambitions and designs: so soon as he had his health again completely, you may remember the fortune he was to earn, the journeys he was to go upon, the delights he was to enjoy and confer, and (among other matters) the masterpiece he was to make of "Prince Otto"!_

(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 Pray you, take him in. He comes from a house where (even as in your own) there are gathered together some of the waifs of our company at Oakland; a house--for all its outlandish Gaelic name and distant station--where you are well-beloved._ _R. L. S._ _Skerryvore, Bournemouth._

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading We_ _read together in those days the story of Braddock, and how, as he was carried dying from the scene of his defeat, he promised himself to do better another time: a story that will always touch a brave heart, and a dying speech worthy of a more fortunate commander.

plural of “ambition” — a cherished desire

From this reading _You may remember that he was full of ambitions and designs: so soon as he had his health again completely, you may remember the fortune he was to earn, the journeys he was to go upon, the delights he was to enjoy and confer, and (among other matters) the masterpiece he was to make of "Prince Otto"!_

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading _You may remember that he was full of ambitions and designs: so soon as he had his health again completely, you may remember the fortune he was to earn, the journeys he was to go upon, the delights he was to enjoy and confer, and (among other matters) the masterpiece he was to make of "Prince Otto"!_

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

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

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

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading We_ _read together in those days the story of Braddock, and how, as he was carried dying from the scene of his defeat, he promised himself to do better another time: a story that will always touch a brave heart, and a dying speech worthy of a more fortunate commander.

the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

from appearances alone

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

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

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

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

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

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

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

harassment especially of a tethered animal

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820)

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

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

From this reading I try to be of Braddock's mind.

formed or made thin by hammering

From this reading _Well, we will not give in that we are finally beaten.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

(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 We_ _read together in those days the story of Braddock, and how, as he was carried dying from the scene of his defeat, he promised himself to do better another time: a story that will always touch a brave heart, and a dying speech worthy of a more fortunate commander.

large or big relative to something else

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

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From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

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From this reading Pray you, take him in. He comes from a house where (even as in your own) there are gathered together some of the waifs of our company at Oakland; a house--for all its outlandish Gaelic name and distant station--where you are well-beloved._ _R. L. S._ _Skerryvore, Bournemouth._

a youthful male person

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

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From this reading We_ _read together in those days the story of Braddock, and how, as he was carried dying from the scene of his defeat, he promised himself to do better another time: a story that will always touch a brave heart, and a dying speech worthy of a more fortunate commander.

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From this reading I try to be of Braddock's mind.

possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching

From this reading We_ _read together in those days the story of Braddock, and how, as he was carried dying from the scene of his defeat, he promised himself to do better another time: a story that will always touch a brave heart, and a dying speech worthy of a more fortunate commander.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body

From this reading We_ _read together in those days the story of Braddock, and how, as he was carried dying from the scene of his defeat, he promised himself to do better another time: a story that will always touch a brave heart, and a dying speech worthy of a more fortunate commander.

move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

plural of “cat” — feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

give encouragement to

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

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

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

an officer in command of a military unit

From this reading We_ _read together in those days the story of Braddock, and how, as he was carried dying from the scene of his defeat, he promised himself to do better another time: a story that will always touch a brave heart, and a dying speech worthy of a more fortunate commander.

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading Pray you, take him in. He comes from a house where (even as in your own) there are gathered together some of the waifs of our company at Oakland; a house--for all its outlandish Gaelic name and distant station--where you are well-beloved._ _R. L. S._ _Skerryvore, Bournemouth._

to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)

From this reading _You may remember that he was full of ambitions and designs: so soon as he had his health again completely, you may remember the fortune he was to earn, the journeys he was to go upon, the delights he was to enjoy and confer, and (among other matters) the masterpiece he was to make of "Prince Otto"!_

have a conference in order to talk something over

From this reading _You may remember that he was full of ambitions and designs: so soon as he had his health again completely, you may remember the fortune he was to earn, the journeys he was to go upon, the delights he was to enjoy and confer, and (among other matters) the masterpiece he was to make of "Prince Otto"!_

plural of “copy” — a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

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From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

plural of “cross” — a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

absence of light or illumination

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest

From this reading We_ _read together in those days the story of Braddock, and how, as he was carried dying from the scene of his defeat, he promised himself to do better another time: a story that will always touch a brave heart, and a dying speech worthy of a more fortunate commander.

plural of “delight” — a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction

From this reading _You may remember that he was full of ambitions and designs: so soon as he had his health again completely, you may remember the fortune he was to earn, the journeys he was to go upon, the delights he was to enjoy and confer, and (among other matters) the masterpiece he was to make of "Prince Otto"!_

plural of “design” — the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)

From this reading _You may remember that he was full of ambitions and designs: so soon as he had his health again completely, you may remember the fortune he was to earn, the journeys he was to go upon, the delights he was to enjoy and confer, and (among other matters) the masterpiece he was to make of "Prince Otto"!_

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

separated in space or coming from or going to a distance

From this reading Pray you, take him in. He comes from a house where (even as in your own) there are gathered together some of the waifs of our company at Oakland; a house--for all its outlandish Gaelic name and distant station--where you are well-beloved._ _R. L. S._ _Skerryvore, Bournemouth._

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading We_ _read together in those days the story of Braddock, and how, as he was carried dying from the scene of his defeat, he promised himself to do better another time: a story that will always touch a brave heart, and a dying speech worthy of a more fortunate commander.

a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be

From this reading We_ _read together in those days the story of Braddock, and how, as he was carried dying from the scene of his defeat, he promised himself to do better another time: a story that will always touch a brave heart, and a dying speech worthy of a more fortunate commander.

earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

From this reading _You may remember that he was full of ambitions and designs: so soon as he had his health again completely, you may remember the fortune he was to earn, the journeys he was to go upon, the delights he was to enjoy and confer, and (among other matters) the masterpiece he was to make of "Prince Otto"!_

the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

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From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in

From this reading _You may remember that he was full of ambitions and designs: so soon as he had his health again completely, you may remember the fortune he was to earn, the journeys he was to go upon, the delights he was to enjoy and confer, and (among other matters) the masterpiece he was to make of "Prince Otto"!_

divisible by two

From this reading Pray you, take him in. He comes from a house where (even as in your own) there are gathered together some of the waifs of our company at Oakland; a house--for all its outlandish Gaelic name and distant station--where you are well-beloved._ _R. L. S._ _Skerryvore, Bournemouth._

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

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

a boy or man

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

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

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay

From this reading _Well, we will not give in that we are finally beaten.

of or relating to or suggestive of flowers

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

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

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

having unexpected good fortune

From this reading We_ _read together in those days the story of Braddock, and how, as he was carried dying from the scene of his defeat, he promised himself to do better another time: a story that will always touch a brave heart, and a dying speech worthy of a more fortunate commander.

an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

From this reading _You may remember that he was full of ambitions and designs: so soon as he had his health again completely, you may remember the fortune he was to earn, the journeys he was to go upon, the delights he was to enjoy and confer, and (among other matters) the masterpiece he was to make of "Prince Otto"!_

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading _You may remember that he was full of ambitions and designs: so soon as he had his health again completely, you may remember the fortune he was to earn, the journeys he was to go upon, the delights he was to enjoy and confer, and (among other matters) the masterpiece he was to make of "Prince Otto"!_

relating to or characteristic of the Celts

From this reading Pray you, take him in. He comes from a house where (even as in your own) there are gathered together some of the waifs of our company at Oakland; a house--for all its outlandish Gaelic name and distant station--where you are well-beloved._ _R. L. S._ _Skerryvore, Bournemouth._

a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

brought together in one place

From this reading Pray you, take him in. He comes from a house where (even as in your own) there are gathered together some of the waifs of our company at Oakland; a house--for all its outlandish Gaelic name and distant station--where you are well-beloved._ _R. L. S._ _Skerryvore, Bournemouth._

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading _Well, we will not give in that we are finally beaten.

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

From this reading _You may remember that he was full of ambitions and designs: so soon as he had his health again completely, you may remember the fortune he was to earn, the journeys he was to go upon, the delights he was to enjoy and confer, and (among other matters) the masterpiece he was to make of "Prince Otto"!_

plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

destroyed or killed

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

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

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

plural of “greeting” — (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

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

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

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

From this reading _You may remember that he was full of ambitions and designs: so soon as he had his health again completely, you may remember the fortune he was to earn, the journeys he was to go upon, the delights he was to enjoy and confer, and (among other matters) the masterpiece he was to make of "Prince Otto"!_

a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease

From this reading _You may remember that he was full of ambitions and designs: so soon as he had his health again completely, you may remember the fortune he was to earn, the journeys he was to go upon, the delights he was to enjoy and confer, and (among other matters) the masterpiece he was to make of "Prince Otto"!_

detected or perceived by the sense of hearing

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading We_ _read together in those days the story of Braddock, and how, as he was carried dying from the scene of his defeat, he promised himself to do better another time: a story that will always touch a brave heart, and a dying speech worthy of a more fortunate commander.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Pray you, take him in. He comes from a house where (even as in your own) there are gathered together some of the waifs of our company at Oakland; a house--for all its outlandish Gaelic name and distant station--where you are well-beloved._ _R. L. S._ _Skerryvore, Bournemouth._

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading We_ _read together in those days the story of Braddock, and how, as he was carried dying from the scene of his defeat, he promised himself to do better another time: a story that will always touch a brave heart, and a dying speech worthy of a more fortunate commander.

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

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

fasten with a hook

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

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From this reading We_ _read together in those days the story of Braddock, and how, as he was carried dying from the scene of his defeat, he promised himself to do better another time: a story that will always touch a brave heart, and a dying speech worthy of a more fortunate commander.

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

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

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

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

(of a substance) incapable of being dissolved

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

plural of “inhabitant” — a person who inhabits a particular place

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

in place of, or as an alternative to

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

have in mind as a purpose

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

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

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

plural of “journey” — the act of traveling from one place to another

From this reading _You may remember that he was full of ambitions and designs: so soon as he had his health again completely, you may remember the fortune he was to earn, the journeys he was to go upon, the delights he was to enjoy and confer, and (among other matters) the masterpiece he was to make of "Prince Otto"!_

cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

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

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

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 Pray you, take him in. He comes from a house where (even as in your own) there are gathered together some of the waifs of our company at Oakland; a house--for all its outlandish Gaelic name and distant station--where you are well-beloved._ _R. L. S._ _Skerryvore, Bournemouth._

a polite name for any woman

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

immediately past

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

set up or found

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

a formation of people or things one beside another

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

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

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

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 I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981)

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

engage in

From this reading _You may remember that he was full of ambitions and designs: so soon as he had his health again completely, you may remember the fortune he was to earn, the journeys he was to go upon, the delights he was to enjoy and confer, and (among other matters) the masterpiece he was to make of "Prince Otto"!_

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

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

joined in matrimony

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman

From this reading _You may remember that he was full of ambitions and designs: so soon as he had his health again completely, you may remember the fortune he was to earn, the journeys he was to go upon, the delights he was to enjoy and confer, and (among other matters) the masterpiece he was to make of "Prince Otto"!_

plural of “matter” — a vaguely specified concern

From this reading _You may remember that he was full of ambitions and designs: so soon as he had his health again completely, you may remember the fortune he was to earn, the journeys he was to go upon, the delights he was to enjoy and confer, and (among other matters) the masterpiece he was to make of "Prince Otto"!_

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading _You may remember that he was full of ambitions and designs: so soon as he had his health again completely, you may remember the fortune he was to earn, the journeys he was to go upon, the delights he was to enjoy and confer, and (among other matters) the masterpiece he was to make of "Prince Otto"!_

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

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

mean or intend to express or convey

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

at the same time but in another place

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

a written proposal or reminder

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading I try to be of Braddock's mind.

a town in western California to the south of San Francisco on a peninsula at the southern end of Monterey Bay

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

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

From this reading We_ _read together in those days the story of Braddock, and how, as he was carried dying from the scene of his defeat, he promised himself to do better another time: a story that will always touch a brave heart, and a dying speech worthy of a more fortunate commander.

plural of “mountain” — a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

immediately following in time or order

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

not any; not one

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading _Well, we will not give in that we are finally beaten.

a brief written record

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

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

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

a city in western California on San Francisco Bay opposite San Francisco; primarily and industrial urban center

From this reading Pray you, take him in. He comes from a house where (even as in your own) there are gathered together some of the waifs of our company at Oakland; a house--for all its outlandish Gaelic name and distant station--where you are well-beloved._ _R. L. S._ _Skerryvore, Bournemouth._

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

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

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

and nothing more

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading _You may remember that he was full of ambitions and designs: so soon as he had his health again completely, you may remember the fortune he was to earn, the journeys he was to go upon, the delights he was to enjoy and confer, and (among other matters) the masterpiece he was to make of "Prince Otto"!_

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From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Pray you, take him in. He comes from a house where (even as in your own) there are gathered together some of the waifs of our company at Oakland; a house--for all its outlandish Gaelic name and distant station--where you are well-beloved._ _R. L. S._ _Skerryvore, Bournemouth._

conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

From this reading Pray you, take him in. He comes from a house where (even as in your own) there are gathered together some of the waifs of our company at Oakland; a house--for all its outlandish Gaelic name and distant station--where you are well-beloved._ _R. L. S._ _Skerryvore, Bournemouth._

have ownership or possession of

From this reading Pray you, take him in. He comes from a house where (even as in your own) there are gathered together some of the waifs of our company at Oakland; a house--for all its outlandish Gaelic name and distant station--where you are well-beloved._ _R. L. S._ _Skerryvore, Bournemouth._

a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

unique or specific to a person or thing or category

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

by chance

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

one thing at a time

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

plural of “plain” — extensive tract of level open land

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

deserving or inciting pity

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer

From this reading Pray you, take him in. He comes from a house where (even as in your own) there are gathered together some of the waifs of our company at Oakland; a house--for all its outlandish Gaelic name and distant station--where you are well-beloved._ _R. L. S._ _Skerryvore, Bournemouth._

a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

past form of “print” — put into print

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment

From this reading We_ _read together in those days the story of Braddock, and how, as he was carried dying from the scene of his defeat, he promised himself to do better another time: a story that will always touch a brave heart, and a dying speech worthy of a more fortunate commander.

an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air

From this reading Pray you, take him in. He comes from a house where (even as in your own) there are gathered together some of the waifs of our company at Oakland; a house--for all its outlandish Gaelic name and distant station--where you are well-beloved._ _R. L. S._ _Skerryvore, Bournemouth._

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

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

interpret something that is written or printed

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

To recall to mind.

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading Pray you, take him in. He comes from a house where (even as in your own) there are gathered together some of the waifs of our company at Oakland; a house--for all its outlandish Gaelic name and distant station--where you are well-beloved._ _R. L. S._ _Skerryvore, Bournemouth._

a particular instance of selling

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

the place where some action occurs

From this reading We_ _read together in those days the story of Braddock, and how, as he was carried dying from the scene of his defeat, he promised himself to do better another time: a story that will always touch a brave heart, and a dying speech worthy of a more fortunate commander.

a native or inhabitant of Scotland

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

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

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

plural of “seaman” — a man who serves as a sailor

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

plural of “sea” — a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

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

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

plural of “sheet” — any broad thin expanse or surface

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

transport commercially

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

an instance of visual perception

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

being ten more than fifty

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

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

From this reading Pray you, take him in. He comes from a house where (even as in your own) there are gathered together some of the waifs of our company at Oakland; a house--for all its outlandish Gaelic name and distant station--where you are well-beloved._ _R. L. S._ _Skerryvore, Bournemouth._

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

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

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

in the near future

From this reading _You may remember that he was full of ambitions and designs: so soon as he had his health again completely, you may remember the fortune he was to earn, the journeys he was to go upon, the delights he was to enjoy and confer, and (among other matters) the masterpiece he was to make of "Prince Otto"!_

the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience

From this reading We_ _read together in those days the story of Braddock, and how, as he was carried dying from the scene of his defeat, he promised himself to do better another time: a story that will always touch a brave heart, and a dying speech worthy of a more fortunate commander.

plural of “stage” — any distinct time period in a sequence of events

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

-ing form of “stamp” — walk heavily

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose

From this reading Pray you, take him in. He comes from a house where (even as in your own) there are gathered together some of the waifs of our company at Oakland; a house--for all its outlandish Gaelic name and distant station--where you are well-beloved._ _R. L. S._ _Skerryvore, Bournemouth._

Scottish author (1850-1894)

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

not in physical motion

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

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 We_ _read together in those days the story of Braddock, and how, as he was carried dying from the scene of his defeat, he promised himself to do better another time: a story that will always touch a brave heart, and a dying speech worthy of a more fortunate commander.

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From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

carry out

From this reading Pray you, take him in. He comes from a house where (even as in your own) there are gathered together some of the waifs of our company at Oakland; a house--for all its outlandish Gaelic name and distant station--where you are well-beloved._ _R. L. S._ _Skerryvore, Bournemouth._

given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

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

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

in or at that place or location

From this reading Pray you, take him in. He comes from a house where (even as in your own) there are gathered together some of the waifs of our company at Oakland; a house--for all its outlandish Gaelic name and distant station--where you are well-beloved._ _R. L. S._ _Skerryvore, Bournemouth._

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

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

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

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

From this reading We_ _read together in those days the story of Braddock, and how, as he was carried dying from the scene of his defeat, he promised himself to do better another time: a story that will always touch a brave heart, and a dying speech worthy of a more fortunate commander.

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

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

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

in contact with each other or in proximity

From this reading We_ _read together in those days the story of Braddock, and how, as he was carried dying from the scene of his defeat, he promised himself to do better another time: a story that will always touch a brave heart, and a dying speech worthy of a more fortunate commander.

make physical contact with, come in contact with

From this reading We_ _read together in those days the story of Braddock, and how, as he was carried dying from the scene of his defeat, he promised himself to do better another time: a story that will always touch a brave heart, and a dying speech worthy of a more fortunate commander.

a person who changes location

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

make an effort or attempt

From this reading I try to be of Braddock's mind.

being five more than twenty

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

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

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

by bad luck

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

an old word for “to”

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

a formal word for “on”

From this reading _You may remember that he was full of ambitions and designs: so soon as he had his health again completely, you may remember the fortune he was to earn, the journeys he was to go upon, the delights he was to enjoy and confer, and (among other matters) the masterpiece he was to make of "Prince Otto"!_

precisely as stated

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

plural of “volume” — the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

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From this reading Pray you, take him in. He comes from a house where (even as in your own) there are gathered together some of the waifs of our company at Oakland; a house--for all its outlandish Gaelic name and distant station--where you are well-beloved._ _R. L. S._ _Skerryvore, Bournemouth._

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

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading _Well, we will not give in that we are finally beaten.

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

From this reading _Well, we will not give in that we are finally beaten.

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From this reading Pray you, take him in. He comes from a house where (even as in your own) there are gathered together some of the waifs of our company at Oakland; a house--for all its outlandish Gaelic name and distant station--where you are well-beloved._ _R. L. S._ _Skerryvore, Bournemouth._

in or at the place that

From this reading Pray you, take him in. He comes from a house where (even as in your own) there are gathered together some of the waifs of our company at Oakland; a house--for all its outlandish Gaelic name and distant station--where you are well-beloved._ _R. L. S._ _Skerryvore, Bournemouth._

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

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

make whistling sounds

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

which person or people

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

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

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

to a great degree

From this reading It will recall to you the nondescript inhabitants, now so widely scattered:--the two horses, the dog, and the four cats, some of them still looking in your face as you read these lines;--the poor lady, so unfortunately married to an author;--the China boy, by this time, perhaps, baiting his line by the banks of a river in the Flowery Land;--and in particular the Scot who was then sick apparently unto death, and whom you did so much to cheer and keep in good behaviour._

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

in the company of; together with

From this reading I still mean to get my health again; I still purpose, by hook or crook, this book or the next, to launch a masterpiece; and I still intend--somehow, some time or other--to see your face and to hold your hand._ _Meanwhile, this little paper traveller goes forth instead, crosses the great seas and the long plains and the dark mountains, and comes at last to your door in Monterey, charged with tender greetings.

made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

buildings for carrying on industrial labor

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.

From this reading We_ _read together in those days the story of Braddock, and how, as he was carried dying from the scene of his defeat, he promised himself to do better another time: a story that will always touch a brave heart, and a dying speech worthy of a more fortunate commander.

set down in writing in any of various ways

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

a late time of life

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

but in spite of that

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.

used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father

From this reading The sight of his name will carry you back to an old wooden house embowered in creepers; a house that was far gone in the respectable stages of antiquity, and seemed indissoluble from the green garden in which it stood, and that yet was a sea-traveller in its younger days, and had come round the Horn piecemeal in the belly of a ship, and might have heard the seamen stamping and shouting and the note of the boatswain's whistle.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No. ........._ _At last, after so many years, I have the pleasure of re-introducing you to "Prince Otto," whom you will remember a very little fellow, no bigger, in fact, than a few sheets of memoranda written for me by your kind hand.