Chapter 9 of Domitia is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of Domitia is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
UBI FELICITAS? “Push, my dear Domitia, Push. Of course. What else would you have, but Push?” “But, sweetest mother, that surely cannot give what I ask.”
Chapter 9 of Domitia is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/37 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading ““But, sweetest mother, that surely cannot give what I ask.””
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading “Of course.”
dearly loved
From this reading ““Push, my dear Domitia, Push.”
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading ““But, sweetest mother, that surely cannot give what I ask.””
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading ““But, sweetest mother, that surely cannot give what I ask.””
move with force
From this reading ““Push, my dear Domitia, Push.”
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading ““But, sweetest mother, that surely cannot give what I ask.””
superlative of “sweet” — having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading ““But, sweetest mother, that surely cannot give what I ask.””
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.
as might be expected
In this reading “Of course.”
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.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “But, sweetest mother, that surely cannot give what I ask.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading What else would you have, but Push?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But, sweetest mother, that surely cannot give what I ask.”
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading Of course.
dearly loved
From this reading “Push, my dear Domitia, Push.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Push, my dear Domitia, Push.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What else would you have, but Push?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading UBI FELICITAS?
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “But, sweetest mother, that surely cannot give what I ask.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What else would you have, but Push?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “But, sweetest mother, that surely cannot give what I ask.”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “But, sweetest mother, that surely cannot give what I ask.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Push, my dear Domitia, Push.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of course.
move with force
From this reading “Push, my dear Domitia, Push.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading “But, sweetest mother, that surely cannot give what I ask.”
superlative of “sweet” — having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading “But, sweetest mother, that surely cannot give what I ask.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “But, sweetest mother, that surely cannot give what I ask.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading UBI FELICITAS?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What else would you have, but Push?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading What else would you have, but Push?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What else would you have, but Push?”
Chapter 9 of Domitia by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould holds 186 sentences, grouped into 38 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 186 sentences of Domitia, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Domitia by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 186 sentences, grouped into 38 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 38 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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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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About 476 minutes of reading across 1143 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Domitia, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
