Chapter IV

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

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

past form of “account” — be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

someone whose business is advertising

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

(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 Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

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

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

address to an absent or imaginary person

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true

From this reading THE ARGUMENT.

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

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

past form of “ascribe” — attribute or credit to

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

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

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent

From this reading Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more!

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

plural of “calamity” — an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

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

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

plural of “cause” — events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

of or relating to clerks

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

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

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

occurring with or following as a consequence

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

the attribute of being so near as to be touching

From this reading Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more!

a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

possessive form of “day” — time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading My ear is pain'd, My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is fill'd.

The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth.

From this reading Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more!

a branch of knowledge

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium

From this reading My ear is pain'd, My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is fill'd.

the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

From this reading My ear is pain'd, My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is fill'd.

plural of “earthquake” — shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

cut or impressed into a surface

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

past form of “enumerate” — specify individually

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading My ear is pain'd, My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is fill'd.

plural of “evil” — morally objectionable behavior

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

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From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

an association of people who share common beliefs or activities

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

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From this reading My ear is pain'd, My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is fill'd.

the trait of acting stupidly or rashly

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

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

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

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

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

the solid part of the earth's surface

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

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

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

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

From this reading My ear is pain'd, My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is fill'd.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

plural of “jester” — a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

be a lodger; stay temporarily

From this reading Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more!

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

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

a vaguely specified concern

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

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

From this reading Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more!

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more!

plural of “miscarriage” — failure of a plan

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

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

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

management that is careless or inefficient

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

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

From this reading Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more!

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading My ear is pain'd, My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is fill'd.

plural of “nation” — a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more!

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

an announcement containing information about an event

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

causing disapproval or protest

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region

From this reading Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more!

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

the act of subjugating by cruelty

From this reading Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more!

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more!

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

a feeling of righteous anger

From this reading My ear is pain'd, My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is fill'd.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

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

From this reading My ear is pain'd, My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is fill'd.

a person authorized to conduct religious worship

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

the state prevailing during the absence of war

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

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

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. (Triết học, đạo lý nhân sinh.)

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

plural of “prodigy” — an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

the property of being extremely abundant

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

reach a destination, either real or abstract

From this reading Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more!

past form of “recommend” — push for something

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

plural of “reflection” — a calm, lengthy, intent consideration

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

The action or process of reforming an institution, practice, or individual's character.

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

past form of “render” — cause to become

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

to give an account or representation of in words

From this reading My ear is pain'd, My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is fill'd.

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

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

plural of “retailer” — a merchant who sells goods at retail

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

From this reading Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more!

of or relating to a belief in sacerdotalism

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

witty language used to convey insults or scorn

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

exposing human folly to ridicule

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

plural of “sermon” — an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body

From this reading Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more!

a resident of Sicily

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

From this reading My ear is pain'd, My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is fill'd.

estrangement from god

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

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

From this reading Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more!

an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

From this reading My ear is pain'd, My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is fill'd.

a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck)

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

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

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome

From this reading Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more!

past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

a quantity of money

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

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

From this reading THE TIME-PIECE.

of or relating to the theater

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

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

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

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From this reading THE TIME-PIECE.

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

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

plural of “trip” — a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

plural of “university” — the body of faculty and students at a university

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome

From this reading Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more!

unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

From this reading Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more!

feel or have a desire for; want strongly

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

From this reading Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more!

in or at the place that

From this reading Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more!

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

From this reading My ear is pain'd, My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is fill'd.

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

(politics) a state of disfavor

From this reading Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more!

in the company of; together with

From this reading Reflections suggested by the conclusion of the former book--Peace among the nations recommended on the ground of their common fellowship in sorrow--Prodigies enumerated--Sicilian earthquakes--Man rendered obnoxious to these calamities by sin--God the agent in them--The philosophy that stops at secondary causes reproved--Our own late miscarriages accounted for--Satirical notice taken of our trips to Fontainbleau--But the pulpit, not satire, the proper engine of reformation--The reverend advertiser of engraved sermons--Petit-maître parson--The good preacher--Picture of a theatrical clerical coxcomb--Story-tellers and jesters in the pulpit reproved--Apostrophe to popular applause--Retailers of ancient philosophy expostulated with--Sum of the whole matter--Effects of sacerdotal mismanagement on the laity--Their folly and extravagance--The mischiefs of profusion--Profusion itself, with all its consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities.

not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth

From this reading My ear is pain'd, My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is fill'd.