Chapter 9 of Angels and Ministers, and Other Victorian is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Angels and Ministers, and Other Victorian is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
KATHARINE. If you hadn't been proud, dearest, you would never have got my love. PARNELL. Oh, yes, I should. Those who love, don't love for qualities good or bad.
Chapter 9 of Angels and Ministers, and Other Victorian is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “Those who love, don't love for qualities good or bad.”
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading “If you hadn't been proud, dearest, you would never have got my love.”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “If you hadn't been proud, dearest, you would never have got my love.”
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “If you hadn't been proud, dearest, you would never have got my love.”
Irish nationalist leader (1846-1891)
From this reading “PARNELL.”
feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
From this reading “If you hadn't been proud, dearest, you would never have got my love.”
plural of “quality” — an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
From this reading “Those who love, don't love for qualities good or bad.”
an affirmative
From this reading “Oh, yes, I should.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading Those who love, don't love for qualities good or bad.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading If you hadn't been proud, dearest, you would never have got my love.
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading If you hadn't been proud, dearest, you would never have got my love.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Those who love, don't love for qualities good or bad.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Those who love, don't love for qualities good or bad.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Those who love, don't love for qualities good or bad.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading If you hadn't been proud, dearest, you would never have got my love.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If you hadn't been proud, dearest, you would never have got my love.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If you hadn't been proud, dearest, you would never have got my love.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Oh, yes, I should.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you hadn't been proud, dearest, you would never have got my love.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading KATHARINE.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading If you hadn't been proud, dearest, you would never have got my love.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading If you hadn't been proud, dearest, you would never have got my love.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading If you hadn't been proud, dearest, you would never have got my love.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, yes, I should.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Those who love, don't love for qualities good or bad.
Irish nationalist leader (1846-1891)
From this reading PARNELL.
feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
From this reading If you hadn't been proud, dearest, you would never have got my love.
plural of “quality” — an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
From this reading Those who love, don't love for qualities good or bad.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Oh, yes, I should.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those who love, don't love for qualities good or bad.
which person or people
From this reading Those who love, don't love for qualities good or bad.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If you hadn't been proud, dearest, you would never have got my love.
an affirmative
From this reading Oh, yes, I should.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If you hadn't been proud, dearest, you would never have got my love.
Chapter 9 of Angels and Ministers, and Other Victorian by Laurence Housman holds 418 sentences, grouped into 84 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 9 holds 418 sentences of Angels and Ministers, and Other Victorian, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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