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Printing begun 28th October 1889, ended 13th May 1890 Printing begun May 25th, ended June 18, 1892 _Edinburgh_:_ T.
& A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.
_Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'
_In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.
_I venture_, _then_, _to hope that the result_, _for all its scrappiness_, _will be found to have that unity which comes of method and an honest regard for letters_.
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Views and Reviews

Chapter I · Chapter 1

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Printing begun 28th October 1889, ended 13th May 1890 Printing begun May 25th, ended June 18, 1892 _Edinburgh_:_ T.
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& A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.
/ə ˈkɑːnstəbəl ˈprɪntərz tuː hɜːr ˈmædʒəsti səˈdʒestɪd baɪ wʌn frend ənd səˈlektɪd ənd kəmˈpaɪld baɪ əˈnʌðər ðɪs ˈvɑːljuːm ɪz les ə bʊk ðæn ə moʊˈzeɪɪk ʌv skræps ənd ʃredz rəˈkʌvərd frʌm ðə ʃɑːt ˈrʌbɪʃ ʌv sʌm ˈfɔːrˈtiːn jɪrz ʌv ˈdʒɜːrnəlɪzəm/
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_Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'
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_In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.
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_I venture_, _then_, _to hope that the result_, _for all its scrappiness_, _will be found to have that unity which comes of method and an honest regard for letters_.

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Athenaeum noun US /ˌæθəˈniːəm/

a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning

Berlioz noun US /ˈbɜːrlioʊz/

French composer of romantic works (1803-1869)

compiled verb US /kəmˈpaɪld/

past form of “compile” — get or gather together

From this reading “& A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.”

Disraeli noun US /dɪzˈreɪli/

British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the empress of India (1804-1881)

Hake noun US /heɪk/

the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod

From this reading “_Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'”

pieced verb US /piːst/

past form of “piece” — to join or unite the pieces of

From this reading “_Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'”

reprint noun US /riˈprɪnt/

a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale

From this reading “_In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.”

unpublished adjective US /ənˈpʌblɪʃt/

not published

From this reading “_Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'”

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From this reading Printing begun 28th October 1889, ended 13th May 1890 Printing begun May 25th, ended June 18, 1892 _Edinburgh_:_ T.

18

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1889

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1890

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1892

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25th

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28th

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AdeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

AcademynounUS /əˈkæd.ə.mi/

A place of study or training in a special field of knowledge and arts.

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

acknowledgedadjectiveUS /ækˈnɑːlɪdʒd/

recognized or made known or admitted

From this reading _In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.

affectionnounUS /əˈfekʃən/

a positive feeling of liking

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(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 _In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.

andeterminerUS /æn/

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

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

anotherdeterminerUS /əˈnʌðər/

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

ArabiannounUS /əˈreɪbiən/

a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

ArnoldnounUS /ˈɑːrnəld/

English poet and literary critic (1822-1888)

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

Artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/

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

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

articlesnounUS /ˈɑːrtəkəlz/

plural of “article” — nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading _In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.

AthenaeumnounUS /ˌæθəˈniːəm/

a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

AustinnounUS /ˈɔːstən/

state capital of Texas on the Colorado River; site of the University of Texas

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

BalzacnounUS /bɑːlˈzæk/

French novelist; he portrays the complexity of 19th century French society (1799-1850)

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

Banville

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

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading _I venture_, _then_, _to hope that the result_, _for all its scrappiness_, _will be found to have that unity which comes of method and an honest regard for letters_.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

begunverbUS /bɪˈɡʌn/

inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading Printing begun 28th October 1889, ended 13th May 1890 Printing begun May 25th, ended June 18, 1892 _Edinburgh_:_ T.

BerlioznounUS /ˈbɜːrlioʊz/

French composer of romantic works (1803-1869)

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

booknounUS /bʊk/

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

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

BorrowverbUS /ˈbɑːroʊ/

get temporarily

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

BoswellnounUS /ˈbɑːzwel/

Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795)

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading _In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

ByronnounUS /ˈbaɪrən/

English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824)

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

casesnounUS /ˈkeɪsəz/

plural of “case” — an occurrence of something

From this reading _In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.

Champfleury

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

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

ChurchnounUS /tʃɜːrtʃ/

one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

comesnounUS /kʌmz/

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

From this reading _I venture_, _then_, _to hope that the result_, _for all its scrappiness_, _will be found to have that unity which comes of method and an honest regard for letters_.

compiledverbUS /kəmˈpaɪld/

past form of “compile” — get or gather together

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

concernedadjectiveUS /kənˈsɜːrnd/

feeling or showing worry or solicitude

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

Congrevenoun

English playwright remembered for his comedies (1670-1729)

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

CONSTABLEnounUS /ˈkɑːnstəbəl/

a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

contributedverbUS /kənˈtrɪbjuːtɪd/

past form of “contribute” — bestow a quality on

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

CountverbUS /kaʊnt/

determine the number or amount of

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

denounUS /diː/

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

defunctadjectiveUS /dɪˈfʌŋkt/

no longer in force or use; inactive

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

DickensnounUS /ˈdɪkənz/

a word used in exclamations of confusion

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

DisraelinounUS /dɪzˈreɪli/

British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the empress of India (1804-1881)

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

DobsonnounUS /ˈdɑːbsən/

large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

Dr

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From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

DumasnounUS /ˈduːməz/

French writer remembered for his swashbuckling historical tales (1802-1870)

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

EdinburghnounUS /ˈedənbəroʊ/

the capital of Scotland; located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth

From this reading Printing begun 28th October 1889, ended 13th May 1890 Printing begun May 25th, ended June 18, 1892 _Edinburgh_:_ T.

EliotnounUS /ˈeliət/

British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965)

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

endedadjectiveUS /ˈendəd/

having come or been brought to a conclusion

From this reading Printing begun 28th October 1889, ended 13th May 1890 Printing begun May 25th, ended June 18, 1892 _Edinburgh_:_ T.

EntertainmentsnounUS /ˌentərˈteɪnmənts/

plural of “entertainment” — an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

Essayists

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From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

EssaysnounUS /eˈseɪz/

plural of “essay” — an analytic or interpretive literary composition

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

extractedverbUS /ekˈstræktɪd/

past form of “extract” — remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

FairadjectiveUS /fer/

free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

FieldingnounUS /ˈfiːldɪŋ/

(baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

foundverbUS /faʊnd/

set up or found

From this reading _I venture_, _then_, _to hope that the result_, _for all its scrappiness_, _will be found to have that unity which comes of method and an honest regard for letters_.

fourteennounUS /ˈfɔːrˈtiːn/

the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

fragmentnounUS /ˈfræɡ.mənt/

A small part broken or separated off something larger.

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

FredericknounUS /ˈfredrɪk/

a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

friendnounUS /frend/

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

GayadjectiveUS /ɡeɪ/

bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

GeorgenounUS /dʒɔːrdʒ/

Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

gratefullyadverbUS /ˈɡreɪtfəli/

with appreciation; in a grateful manner

From this reading _In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.

HakenounUS /heɪk/

the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

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

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading _I venture_, _then_, _to hope that the result_, _for all its scrappiness_, _will be found to have that unity which comes of method and an honest regard for letters_.

Heine

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From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

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

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

herebyadverbUS /hɪrˈbaɪ/

(formal) by means of this

From this reading _In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.

HomernounUS /ˈhoʊmər/

a base hit on which the batter scores a run

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

honestadjectiveUS /ˈɑːnəst/

not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent

From this reading _I venture_, _then_, _to hope that the result_, _for all its scrappiness_, _will be found to have that unity which comes of method and an honest regard for letters_.

HoodnounUS /hʊd/

an aggressive and violent young criminal

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

hopenounUS /hoʊp/

a specific instance of feeling hopeful

From this reading _I venture_, _then_, _to hope that the result_, _for all its scrappiness_, _will be found to have that unity which comes of method and an honest regard for letters_.

HugonounUS /ˈhjuːɡoʊ/

French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885)

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading _I venture_, _then_, _to hope that the result_, _for all its scrappiness_, _will be found to have that unity which comes of method and an honest regard for letters_.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading _I venture_, _then_, _to hope that the result_, _for all its scrappiness_, _will be found to have that unity which comes of method and an honest regard for letters_.

Jefferies

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

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

journalismnounUS /ˈdʒɜːrnəlɪzəm/

newspapers and magazines collectively

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

JunenounUS /dʒuːn/

the month following May and preceding July

From this reading Printing begun 28th October 1889, ended 13th May 1890 Printing begun May 25th, ended June 18, 1892 _Edinburgh_:_ T.

Labiche

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From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

Landor

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From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

lessadverbUS /les/

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

lettersnounUS /ˈletərz/

the literary culture

From this reading _I venture_, _then_, _to hope that the result_, _for all its scrappiness_, _will be found to have that unity which comes of method and an honest regard for letters_.

LevernounUS /ˈlevər/

a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

littleadjectiveUS /ˈlɪtəl/

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

From this reading _In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.

LockernounUS /ˈlɑːkər/

a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

LondonnounUS /ˈlʌndən/

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

LongfellownounUS /ˈlɔːŋfeloʊ/

United States poet remembered for his long narrative poems (1807-1882)

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

MnounUS /em/

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

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

MagazinenounUS /ˈmæɡəziːn/

a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

MajestynounUS /ˈmædʒəsti/

impressiveness in scale or proportion

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

matternounUS /ˈmætər/

a vaguely specified concern

From this reading _In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.

MatthewnounUS /ˈmæθjuː/

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

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Printing begun 28th October 1889, ended 13th May 1890 Printing begun May 25th, ended June 18, 1892 _Edinburgh_:_ T.

MeredithnounUS /ˈmerɪdɪθ/

United States civil rights leader whose college registration caused riots in traditionally segregated Mississippi (born in 1933)

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

methodnounUS /ˈmeθəd/

a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)

From this reading _I venture_, _then_, _to hope that the result_, _for all its scrappiness_, _will be found to have that unity which comes of method and an honest regard for letters_.

mosaicnounUS /moʊˈzeɪɪk/

art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

MrnounUS /ˈmɪstər/

a form of address for a man

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

muchadverbUS /mʌtʃ/

to a great degree or extent

From this reading _In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.

newadjectiveUS /nuː/

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading _In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.

NightsnounUS /naɪts/

Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

nonepronounUS /nʌn/

not one, and not any

From this reading _In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.

notesnounUS /noʊts/

plural of “note” — a brief written record

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

novelsnounUS /ˈnɑːvəlz/

plural of “novel” — an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

ObservernounUS /əbˈzɜːrvər/

a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

OctobernounUS /ɑːkˈtoʊbər/

the month following September and preceding November

From this reading Printing begun 28th October 1889, ended 13th May 1890 Printing begun May 25th, ended June 18, 1892 _Edinburgh_:_ T.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading _In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.

originalsnounUS /ərˈɪdʒənəlz/

plural of “original” — an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

permissionnounUS /pərˈmɪʃən/

approval to do something

From this reading _In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.

piecedverbUS /piːst/

past form of “piece” — to join or unite the pieces of

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

practicallyadverbUS /ˈpræktɪkli/

almost; nearly

From this reading _In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.

printnounUS /prɪnt/

the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

PrintersnounUS /ˈprɪntərz/

plural of “printer” — someone whose occupation is printing

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

PrintingnounUS /ˈprɪntɪŋ/

text handwritten in the style of printed matter

From this reading Printing begun 28th October 1889, ended 13th May 1890 Printing begun May 25th, ended June 18, 1892 _Edinburgh_:_ T.

processverbUS /ˈprɑːses/

subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition

From this reading _In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.

reconstitution

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From this reading _In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.

recoveredadjectiveUS /rəˈkʌvərd/

freed from illness or injury

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

regardnounUS /rɪˈɡɑːrd/

(usually preceded by “in”) a detail or point

From this reading _I venture_, _then_, _to hope that the result_, _for all its scrappiness_, _will be found to have that unity which comes of method and an honest regard for letters_.

remainsnounUS /rɪˈmeɪnz/

any object that is left unused or still extant

From this reading _In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.

rememberedverbUS /rɪˈmembərd/

past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

reprintnounUS /riˈprɪnt/

a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale

From this reading _In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.

reprintedverbUS /riˈprɪntɪd/

past form of “reprint” — print anew

From this reading _In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.

respectivelyadverbUS /rɪˈspektɪvli/

in the order given

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

resultnounUS /rɪˈzʌlt/

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

From this reading _I venture_, _then_, _to hope that the result_, _for all its scrappiness_, _will be found to have that unity which comes of method and an honest regard for letters_.

ReviewnounUS /ˌriːˈvjuː/

a new appraisal or evaluation

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

revisionnounUS /riˈvɪʒən/

the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)

From this reading _In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.

RichardsonnounUS /ˈrɪtʃərdsən/

United States architect (1838-1886)

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

rubbishnounUS /ˈrʌbɪʃ/

worthless material that is to be disposed of

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

SaturdaynounUS /ˈsætərdi/

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

ScotsnounUS /skɑːts/

the dialect of English used in Scotland

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

ScottishnounUS /ˈskɑːtɪʃ/

the dialect of English used in Scotland

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

scrappinessnoun

the trait of being scrappy and pugnacious

From this reading _I venture_, _then_, _to hope that the result_, _for all its scrappiness_, _will be found to have that unity which comes of method and an honest regard for letters_.

scrapsnounUS /skræps/

food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

selectedadjectiveUS /səˈlektɪd/

chosen in preference to another

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

shotnounUS /ʃɑːt/

the act of firing a projectile

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

shredsnounUS /ʃredz/

plural of “shred” — a tiny or scarcely detectable amount

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

SidneynounUS /ˈsɪdni/

English poet (1554-1586)

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

someadjectiveUS /sʌm/

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

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

stilladjectiveUS /stɪl/

not in physical motion

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

subjectedverbUS /səbˈdʒektɪd/

past form of “subject” — cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to

From this reading _In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.

suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading _In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.

SuggestedverbUS /səˈdʒestɪd/

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

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

TnounUS /tiː/

a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

From this reading Printing begun 28th October 1889, ended 13th May 1890 Printing begun May 25th, ended June 18, 1892 _Edinburgh_:_ T.

TeachernounUS /ˈtiːtʃər/

a person whose occupation is teaching

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

TennysonnounUS /ˈtenɪsən/

Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892)

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

ThackeraynounUS /ˈθækəri/

English writer (born in India) (1811-1863)

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading _In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

thenadverbUS /ðen/

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading _I venture_, _then_, _to hope that the result_, _for all its scrappiness_, _will be found to have that unity which comes of method and an honest regard for letters_.

Theocritus

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From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

Theodore

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From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/

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

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

ThusadverbUS /ðʌs/

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

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

togetheradverbUS /təˈɡeðər/

in contact with each other or in proximity

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

Tolstoi's

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From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

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From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

unitynounUS /ˈjuːnəti/

an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting

From this reading _I venture_, _then_, _to hope that the result_, _for all its scrappiness_, _will be found to have that unity which comes of method and an honest regard for letters_.

unpublishedadjectiveUS /ənˈpʌblɪʃt/

not published

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

VanitynounUS /ˈvænəti/

feelings of excessive pride

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

venturenounUS /ˈventʃər/

any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome

From this reading _I venture_, _then_, _to hope that the result_, _for all its scrappiness_, _will be found to have that unity which comes of method and an honest regard for letters_.

versenounUS /vɜːrs/

literature in metrical form

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

volumenounUS /ˈvɑːljuːm/

the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

WaltonnounUS /ˈwɔːltən/

English composer (1902-1983)

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading _In all cases permission to reprint is hereby gratefully acknowledged_; _but the reprinted matter has been subjected to such a process of revision and reconstitution that much of it is practically new_, _while little or none remains as it was_.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

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

From this reading _I venture_, _then_, _to hope that the result_, _for all its scrappiness_, _will be found to have that unity which comes of method and an honest regard for letters_.

whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading _I venture_, _then_, _to hope that the result_, _for all its scrappiness_, _will be found to have that unity which comes of method and an honest regard for letters_.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

writtenadjectiveUS /ˈrɪtən/

set down in writing in any of various ways

From this reading _Thus_, _the notes on Longfellow_, _Balzac_, _Sidney_, _Tourneur_, '_Arabian Nights Entertainments_,' _Borrow_, _George Eliot_, _and Mr. Frederick Locker are extracted from originals in_ '_London_'--_a print still remembered with affection by those concerned in it_; _those on Labiche_, _Champfleury_, _Richardson_, _Fielding_, _Byron_, _Gay_, _Congreve_, _Boswell_, '_Essays and Essayists_,' _Jefferies_, _Hood_, _Matthew Arnold_, _Lever_, _Thackeray_, _Dickens_, _M. Theodore de Banville_, _Mr. Austin Dobson_, _and Mr. George Meredith from articles contributed to_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _those on Dumas_, _Count Tolstoi's novels_, _and the verse of Dr. Hake from_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _those on Walton_, _Landor_, _and Heine from_ '_The Scots Observer_,' '_The Academy_,' _and_ '_Vanity Fair_' _respectively_; _while the_ '_Disraeli_' _has been pieced together from_ '_London_,' '_Vanity Fair_,' _and_ '_The Athenaeum_'; _the_ '_Berlioz_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Saturday Review_'; _the_ '_Tennyson_' _from_ '_The Scots Observer_' _and_ '_The Magazine of Art_'; _the_ '_Homer and Theocritus_' _from_ '_Vanity Fair_' _and the defunct_ '_Teacher_'; _the_ '_Hugo_' _from_ '_The Athenaeum_,' '_The Magazine of Art_,' _and an unpublished fragment written for_ '_The Scottish Church_.'

yearsnounUS /jɪrz/

a late time of life

From this reading & A. CONSTABLE_, _Printers to Her Majesty_ _Suggested by one friend and selected and compiled by another_, _this volume is less a book than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years of journalism_.

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