Chapter 28 of Ernest Maltravers — Complete is here in full — 329 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 28 of Ernest Maltravers — Complete is here in full — 329 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.” *--OVID. * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment. “Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.” EARL OF STIRLING.
Chapter 28 of Ernest Maltravers — Complete is here in full — 329 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
From this reading ““Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.””
the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
From this reading “* I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.”
a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
From this reading “EARL OF STIRLING.”
having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary
From this reading “* I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.”
an insane person
From this reading “* I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.”
the act of punishing
From this reading “* I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.”
plural of “volume” — the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading ““Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.””
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading ““Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.””
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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 * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.”
the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
From this reading “Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.”
the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.”
a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
From this reading EARL OF STIRLING.
having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary
From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.”
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From this reading “In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.”
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From this reading “In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.”
an insane person
From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.”
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From this reading “In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
Roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 BC - AD 17)
From this reading *--OVID.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.”
the act of punishing
From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading “Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading EARL OF STIRLING.
the property of being physically or mentally strong
From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.”
in or at that place or location
From this reading “Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.”
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading “Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.”
plural of “volume” — the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading “Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.”
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading “Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.”
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading “Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.”
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