Chapter 19 of Ellen Middleton—A Tale is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 19 of Ellen Middleton—A Tale is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"We take fair days in winter for the spring." YOUNG'S NIGHT THOUGHTS. "O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away." SHAKESPEARE. Edward, I kneel to you in spirit while I write this record of our married life.
Chapter 19 of Ellen Middleton—A Tale is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the month following March and preceding May
From this reading “"O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."”
King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
From this reading “Edward, I kneel to you in spirit while I write this record of our married life.”
rest one's weight on one's knees
From this reading “Edward, I kneel to you in spirit while I write this record of our married life.”
anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
From this reading “Edward, I kneel to you in spirit while I write this record of our married life.”
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
From this reading “SHAKESPEARE.”
plural of “show” — the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
From this reading “"O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."”
lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
From this reading “"O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."”
possessive form of “young” — any immature animal
From this reading “YOUNG'S NIGHT THOUGHTS.”
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 “Edward, I kneel to you in spirit while I write this record of our married life.”
In this reading “"We take fair days in winter for the spring."”
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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 "O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."
the month following March and preceding May
From this reading "O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading "O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."
make overcast or cloudy
From this reading "O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading "O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading "We take fair days in winter for the spring."
King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
From this reading Edward, I kneel to you in spirit while I write this record of our married life.
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading "We take fair days in winter for the spring."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "We take fair days in winter for the spring."
a state of high honor
From this reading "O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Edward, I kneel to you in spirit while I write this record of our married life.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "We take fair days in winter for the spring."
rest one's weight on one's knees
From this reading Edward, I kneel to you in spirit while I write this record of our married life.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Edward, I kneel to you in spirit while I write this record of our married life.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading "O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."
joined in matrimony
From this reading Edward, I kneel to you in spirit while I write this record of our married life.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading YOUNG'S NIGHT THOUGHTS.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading "O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Edward, I kneel to you in spirit while I write this record of our married life.
anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
From this reading Edward, I kneel to you in spirit while I write this record of our married life.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."
the place where some action occurs
From this reading "O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
From this reading SHAKESPEARE.
plural of “show” — the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
From this reading "O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading Edward, I kneel to you in spirit while I write this record of our married life.
the season of growth
From this reading "We take fair days in winter for the spring."
carry out
From this reading "We take fair days in winter for the spring."
plural of “take” — the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
From this reading "O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "We take fair days in winter for the spring."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading YOUNG'S NIGHT THOUGHTS.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Edward, I kneel to you in spirit while I write this record of our married life.
lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
From this reading "O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We take fair days in winter for the spring."
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the scene, And by and by a cloud takes all away."
during the time that
From this reading Edward, I kneel to you in spirit while I write this record of our married life.
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading "We take fair days in winter for the spring."
produce a literary work
From this reading Edward, I kneel to you in spirit while I write this record of our married life.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Edward, I kneel to you in spirit while I write this record of our married life.
possessive form of “young” — any immature animal
From this reading YOUNG'S NIGHT THOUGHTS.
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