Chapter 9 of Diana Tempest, Volume II is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Diana Tempest, Volume II is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Love, how it sells poor bliss For proud despair!" SHELLEY. It was Sunday morning, and it was something more. There was a subtle change in the air, a mystery in the sunshine. Autumn and summer were met in tremulous wedlock.
Chapter 9 of Diana Tempest, Volume II is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading “Autumn and summer were met in tremulous wedlock.”
a state of extreme happiness
From this reading “"Love, how it sells poor bliss For proud despair!"”
plural of “sell” — the activity of persuading someone to buy
From this reading “"Love, how it sells poor bliss For proud despair!"”
English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)
From this reading “SHELLEY.”
difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
From this reading “There was a subtle change in the air, a mystery in the sunshine.”
the rays of the sun
From this reading “There was a subtle change in the air, a mystery in the sunshine.”
(of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear
From this reading “Autumn and summer were met in tremulous wedlock.”
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading “Autumn and summer were met in tremulous wedlock.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “There was a subtle change in the air, a mystery in the sunshine.”
In this reading “There was a subtle change in the air, a mystery in the sunshine.”
on everybody's mind
In this reading “There was a subtle change in the air, a mystery in the sunshine.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading There was a subtle change in the air, a mystery in the sunshine.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading There was a subtle change in the air, a mystery in the sunshine.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was Sunday morning, and it was something more.
the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading Autumn and summer were met in tremulous wedlock.
a state of extreme happiness
From this reading "Love, how it sells poor bliss For proud despair!"
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading There was a subtle change in the air, a mystery in the sunshine.
a state in which all hope is lost or absent
From this reading "Love, how it sells poor bliss For proud despair!"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Love, how it sells poor bliss For proud despair!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Love, how it sells poor bliss For proud despair!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was a subtle change in the air, a mystery in the sunshine.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Love, how it sells poor bliss For proud despair!"
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading "Love, how it sells poor bliss For proud despair!"
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading Autumn and summer were met in tremulous wedlock.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading It was Sunday morning, and it was something more.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading It was Sunday morning, and it was something more.
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading There was a subtle change in the air, a mystery in the sunshine.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading "Love, how it sells poor bliss For proud despair!"
feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
From this reading "Love, how it sells poor bliss For proud despair!"
plural of “sell” — the activity of persuading someone to buy
From this reading "Love, how it sells poor bliss For proud despair!"
English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)
From this reading SHELLEY.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading It was Sunday morning, and it was something more.
difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
From this reading There was a subtle change in the air, a mystery in the sunshine.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading Autumn and summer were met in tremulous wedlock.
first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading It was Sunday morning, and it was something more.
the rays of the sun
From this reading There was a subtle change in the air, a mystery in the sunshine.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was a subtle change in the air, a mystery in the sunshine.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was a subtle change in the air, a mystery in the sunshine.
(of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear
From this reading Autumn and summer were met in tremulous wedlock.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was Sunday morning, and it was something more.
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading Autumn and summer were met in tremulous wedlock.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Autumn and summer were met in tremulous wedlock.
Chapter 9 of Diana Tempest, Volume II by Mary Cholmondeley holds 203 sentences, grouped into 41 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 203 sentences of Diana Tempest, Volume II, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Diana Tempest, Volume II by Mary Cholmondeley exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 203 sentences, grouped into 41 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 41 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 41 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 9 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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