Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

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

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

a theatrical performer

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

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

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

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

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

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From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

an old form of “are”, used with “thou”

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

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

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

having undesirable or negative qualities

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

the supreme effort one can make

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

someone who writes an account of a person's life

From this reading Very much in the situation of Garrick, as thus described, does the biographer find himself at the threshhold of this concluding chapter.

lacking funds

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

a boot reaching halfway up to the knee

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled

From this reading Very much in the situation of Garrick, as thus described, does the biographer find himself at the threshhold of this concluding chapter.

pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

light and humorous drama with a happy ending

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

arousing or provoking laughter

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

occurring at or forming an end or termination

From this reading Very much in the situation of Garrick, as thus described, does the biographer find himself at the threshhold of this concluding chapter.

superlative of “deep” — relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

represented accurately or precisely

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

represented in words especially with sharpness and detail

From this reading Very much in the situation of Garrick, as thus described, does the biographer find himself at the threshhold of this concluding chapter.

any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

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

From this reading Very much in the situation of Garrick, as thus described, does the biographer find himself at the threshhold of this concluding chapter.

marked by or given to doubt

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading THE END OF THIS EVENTFUL HISTORY.

full of events or incidents

From this reading THE END OF THIS EVENTFUL HISTORY.

opinion or judgment

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

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

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

plural of “fig” — a diagram or picture illustrating textual material

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading Very much in the situation of Garrick, as thus described, does the biographer find himself at the threshhold of this concluding chapter.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

English actor and theater manager who was the foremost Shakespearean actor of his day (1717-1779)

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

depressingly dark

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

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

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

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

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

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

From this reading Very much in the situation of Garrick, as thus described, does the biographer find himself at the threshhold of this concluding chapter.

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

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

the aggregate of past events

From this reading THE END OF THIS EVENTFUL HISTORY.

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

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

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

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

in truth (often tends to intensify)

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

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

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

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From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

(Old Testament) Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land; best remembered for his destruction of Jericho

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

comparative of “lofty” — of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

hide under a false appearance

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

a vaguely specified concern

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

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

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

(Greek mythology) the Muse of tragedy

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

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From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

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

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

used to form the superlative

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading Very much in the situation of Garrick, as thus described, does the biographer find himself at the threshhold of this concluding chapter.

a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE END OF THIS EVENTFUL HISTORY.

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

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

plural of “pig” — domestic swine

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

literature in metrical form

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

-ing form of “point” — indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

deserving or inciting pity

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

plural of “power” — possession of controlling influence

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

-ing form of “preside” — act as president

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

feeling great rapture or delight

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

represented accurately or precisely

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

English portrait painter and first president of the Royal Academy (1723-1792)

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

cut with a saw

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

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From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

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

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

term of address for a man

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

a female person who has the same parents as another person

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

being of delicate or slender build

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

plural of “smile” — a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

go sour or spoil

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

(Greek mythology) the Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

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

From this reading THE END OF THIS EVENTFUL HISTORY.

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

From this reading THE END OF THIS EVENTFUL HISTORY.

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

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From this reading Very much in the situation of Garrick, as thus described, does the biographer find himself at the threshhold of this concluding chapter.

(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result

From this reading Very much in the situation of Garrick, as thus described, does the biographer find himself at the threshhold of this concluding chapter.

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

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

held up in the air

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

precisely as stated

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

the act of traveling by foot

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

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

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

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From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

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

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

during the time that

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

the use or practice of witchcraft

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

in the company of; together with

From this reading On the one side, with her mask in hand, stood the presiding divinity of comic poetry, coaxing the immortal hero of the sock and buskin with her archest smiles; while on the other stood Melpomene, rapt in solemn thought, and with eyes upraised in gloomy grandeur, pointing the actor to a loftier walk than that of her witching sister Thalia.

be the cause or source of

From this reading The situation of poor Garrick is most embarrassing--and appears the more so from the powers of face at his command, as delineated by the artist, whereby he is represented as doubting to which invitation he should yield, while with one half of his face he looks the deepest tragedy, and with the other, the merriest comedy.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading O matrimony! thou art like To Jeremiah's figs;-- The good were very good;--the bad-- Too sour to give the pigs.--_Old Saw._ "Slender, I broke your head--what matter have you against me?"--_Shakspeare._ One of the most amusing, and, indeed, one of the best pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is that of Garrick, between comedy and tragedy.