Chapter 7 of A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land Together is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 7 of A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land Together is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
RICHARD WATTS'S CHARITY, ROCHESTER. "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
Chapter 7 of A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land Together is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals)
From this reading “RICHARD WATTS'S CHARITY, ROCHESTER.”
not in action or at work
From this reading “"Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.”
a city in western New York; a center of the photographic equipment industry
From this reading “RICHARD WATTS'S CHARITY, ROCHESTER.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading “"Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.”
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading “"Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.”
restricted to something
From this reading “"Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.”
a person who changes location
From this reading “"Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.”
plural of “traveller” — a person who changes location
From this reading “"Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.”
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In this reading “"Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
a foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals)
From this reading RICHARD WATTS'S CHARITY, ROCHESTER.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
not in action or at work
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
and nothing more
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
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From this reading RICHARD WATTS'S CHARITY, ROCHESTER.
a city in western New York; a center of the photographic equipment industry
From this reading RICHARD WATTS'S CHARITY, ROCHESTER.
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
restricted to something
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
a person who changes location
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
plural of “traveller” — a person who changes location
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RICHARD WATTS'S CHARITY, ROCHESTER.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
From this reading "Strictly speaking, there were only _six_ Poor Travellers; but being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven.
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