Read full poem →spoilt by his parents," meaning, of course, the Allans. They "allowed
him an extravagant amount of pocket-money, which enabled him to get into
all manner of mischief. Still I liked the boy," added the tutor, "but,
Dictionary Entry
To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
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Poetry examples for “enabled”
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Read full poem →points, one of which was the shape of his feet, which
- enabled him to stand erect easily; and he was in favor,
therefore, of making man’s feet nearly like those of
Read full poem →scattered and confused papers, I found a few fragments which had
hitherto escaped me, and was enabled to complete a few poems hitherto
left unfinished. What at one time escapes the searching eye, dimmed by
Read full poem →of the season. An enlarged edition of his poems was published there in
1787, and the money derived from this enabled him to aid his brother in
Mossgiel, and to take and stock for himself the farm of Ellisland in
Read full poem →soon as many pupils as I desired. By this means I was
enabled to pay the borrowed money and. the interest,
and had something over. By such constant application
Read full poem →yet improvable, he left likewise, from time to time, such specimens of
excellence as enabled succeeding poets to improve it.
Read full poem →improvable, he left likewise from time to time such specimens of
excellence as enabled succeeding poets to improve it.
Read full poem →Literature as the soul of life, his sympathetic insight into human
nature, enabled him to put all that was best in himself into these
studies of the lives of men for whom he cared, and of the books that he
Read full poem →Think in how poor a prison thou didst lie
After enabled but to suck and cry.
Think, when ’twas grown to most, ’twas a poor inn,
Read full poem →Think in how poor a prison thou didst lie;
After enabled but to suck and cry.
Think, when 'twas grown to most, 'twas a poor inn,