Chapter 3 of Fashionable Philosophy, and Other Sketches is here in full — 485 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Fashionable Philosophy, and Other Sketches is here in full — 485 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CHARLES. SCENE I.--A railway carriage. The Earl and Countess of Gules--Lady Elaine Bendore--The Hon. Adolphus Gresham. _Elaine_. I must really beg of you to stop, Mr Gresham.
Chapter 3 of Fashionable Philosophy, and Other Sketches is here in full — 485 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading “I must really beg of you to stop, Mr Gresham.”
a railcar where passengers ride
From this reading “SCENE I.--A railway carriage.”
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading “CHARLES.”
female equivalent of a count or earl
From this reading “The Earl and Countess of Gules--Lady Elaine Bendore--The Hon. Adolphus Gresham.”
a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
From this reading “The Earl and Countess of Gules--Lady Elaine Bendore--The Hon. Adolphus Gresham.”
English financier (1519-1579)
From this reading “The Earl and Countess of Gules--Lady Elaine Bendore--The Hon. Adolphus Gresham.”
line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
From this reading “SCENE I.--A railway carriage.”
the place where some action occurs
From this reading “SCENE I.--A railway carriage.”
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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 SCENE I.--A railway carriage.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Earl and Countess of Gules--Lady Elaine Bendore--The Hon. Adolphus Gresham.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Earl and Countess of Gules--Lady Elaine Bendore--The Hon. Adolphus Gresham.
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading I must really beg of you to stop, Mr Gresham.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Earl and Countess of Gules--Lady Elaine Bendore--The Hon. Adolphus Gresham.
a railcar where passengers ride
From this reading SCENE I.--A railway carriage.
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading CHARLES.
female equivalent of a count or earl
From this reading The Earl and Countess of Gules--Lady Elaine Bendore--The Hon. Adolphus Gresham.
a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
From this reading The Earl and Countess of Gules--Lady Elaine Bendore--The Hon. Adolphus Gresham.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Earl and Countess of Gules--Lady Elaine Bendore--The Hon. Adolphus Gresham.
English financier (1519-1579)
From this reading The Earl and Countess of Gules--Lady Elaine Bendore--The Hon. Adolphus Gresham.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Earl and Countess of Gules--Lady Elaine Bendore--The Hon. Adolphus Gresham.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Earl and Countess of Gules--Lady Elaine Bendore--The Hon. Adolphus Gresham.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading SCENE I.--A railway carriage.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading The Earl and Countess of Gules--Lady Elaine Bendore--The Hon. Adolphus Gresham.
a form of address for a man
From this reading I must really beg of you to stop, Mr Gresham.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I must really beg of you to stop, Mr Gresham.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Earl and Countess of Gules--Lady Elaine Bendore--The Hon. Adolphus Gresham.
line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
From this reading SCENE I.--A railway carriage.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading I must really beg of you to stop, Mr Gresham.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading SCENE I.--A railway carriage.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading I must really beg of you to stop, Mr Gresham.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Earl and Countess of Gules--Lady Elaine Bendore--The Hon. Adolphus Gresham.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I must really beg of you to stop, Mr Gresham.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I must really beg of you to stop, Mr Gresham.
Chapter 3 of Fashionable Philosophy, and Other Sketches by Laurence Oliphant holds 485 sentences, grouped into 97 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 3 holds 485 sentences of Fashionable Philosophy, and Other Sketches, unabridged, divided into 97 reading sections.
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