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MIDDLETON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
English playwright and pamphleteer (1570-1627)
Synonyms:
Middleton; Thomas Middleton
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)
pamphleteer (a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues))
Context examples:
Sir John Middleton was a good looking man about forty.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
"I do not ask you to come in the morning, for we must walk to the park, to call on Lady Middleton."
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Lady Middleton was not more than six or seven and twenty; her face was handsome, her figure tall and striking, and her address graceful.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Who would submit to the indignity of being approved by such a woman as Lady Middleton and Mrs. Jennings, that could command the indifference of any body else?
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Lady Middleton frequently called him to order, wondered how any one's attention could be diverted from music for a moment, and asked Marianne to sing a particular song which Marianne had just finished.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Sir John Middleton, who called on them every day for the first fortnight, and who was not in the habit of seeing much occupation at home, could not conceal his amazement on finding them always employed.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
She rather suspected it to be so, on the very first evening of their being together, from his listening so attentively while she sang to them; and when the visit was returned by the Middletons' dining at the cottage, the fact was ascertained by his listening to her again.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Neither Lady Middleton nor Mrs. Jennings could supply to her the conversation she missed; although the latter was an everlasting talker, and from the first had regarded her with a kindness which ensured her a large share of her discourse.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Colonel Brandon, the friend of Sir John, seemed no more adapted by resemblance of manner to be his friend, than Lady Middleton was to be his wife, or Mrs. Jennings to be Lady Middleton's mother.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Lady Middleton had sent a very civil message by him, denoting her intention of waiting on Mrs. Dashwood as soon as she could be assured that her visit would be no inconvenience; and as this message was answered by an invitation equally polite, her ladyship was introduced to them the next day.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
