Chapter 6 of Fenella is here in full — 685 sentences across 137 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Fenella is here in full — 685 sentences across 137 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Well, like Fenella, I '_smouthed_' him down. He wasn't a bad little beast, when you knew him--Winstanley. It wasn't his fault if his veins were full of printer's ink. I told him the _Herald_ and the _Courier_ were doing the same as me. He sat grumbling.
Chapter 6 of Fenella is here in full — 685 sentences across 137 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading “He wasn't a bad little beast, when you knew him--Winstanley.”
a person who carries a message
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “It wasn't his fault if his veins were full of printer's ink.”
a loud low dull continuous noise
From this reading “He sat grumbling.”
foreshadow or presage
a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
From this reading “It wasn't his fault if his veins were full of printer's ink.”
possessive form of “printer” — someone whose occupation is printing
From this reading “It wasn't his fault if his veins were full of printer's ink.”
plural of “vein” — a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
From this reading “It wasn't his fault if his veins were full of printer's ink.”
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In this reading “He wasn't a bad little beast, when you knew him--Winstanley.”
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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 He wasn't a bad little beast, when you knew him--Winstanley.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I told him the _Herald_ and the _Courier_ were doing the same as me.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I told him the _Herald_ and the _Courier_ were doing the same as me.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading He wasn't a bad little beast, when you knew him--Winstanley.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading He wasn't a bad little beast, when you knew him--Winstanley.
a person who carries a message
From this reading I told him the _Herald_ and the _Courier_ were doing the same as me.
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading I told him the _Herald_ and the _Courier_ were doing the same as me.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Well, like Fenella, I '_smouthed_' him down.
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading It wasn't his fault if his veins were full of printer's ink.
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From this reading Well, like Fenella, I '_smouthed_' him down.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading It wasn't his fault if his veins were full of printer's ink.
a loud low dull continuous noise
From this reading He sat grumbling.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He wasn't a bad little beast, when you knew him--Winstanley.
foreshadow or presage
From this reading I told him the _Herald_ and the _Courier_ were doing the same as me.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Well, like Fenella, I '_smouthed_' him down.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It wasn't his fault if his veins were full of printer's ink.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, like Fenella, I '_smouthed_' him down.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It wasn't his fault if his veins were full of printer's ink.
a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
From this reading It wasn't his fault if his veins were full of printer's ink.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It wasn't his fault if his veins were full of printer's ink.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading He wasn't a bad little beast, when you knew him--Winstanley.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Well, like Fenella, I '_smouthed_' him down.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading He wasn't a bad little beast, when you knew him--Winstanley.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I told him the _Herald_ and the _Courier_ were doing the same as me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It wasn't his fault if his veins were full of printer's ink.
possessive form of “printer” — someone whose occupation is printing
From this reading It wasn't his fault if his veins were full of printer's ink.
Identical; not different.
From this reading I told him the _Herald_ and the _Courier_ were doing the same as me.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading He sat grumbling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, like Fenella, I '_smouthed_' him down.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I told him the _Herald_ and the _Courier_ were doing the same as me.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading I told him the _Herald_ and the _Courier_ were doing the same as me.
plural of “vein” — a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
From this reading It wasn't his fault if his veins were full of printer's ink.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He wasn't a bad little beast, when you knew him--Winstanley.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, like Fenella, I '_smouthed_' him down.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It wasn't his fault if his veins were full of printer's ink.
at the time that
From this reading He wasn't a bad little beast, when you knew him--Winstanley.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He wasn't a bad little beast, when you knew him--Winstanley.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading He wasn't a bad little beast, when you knew him--Winstanley.
Chapter 6 of Fenella by Henry Longan Stuart holds 685 sentences, grouped into 137 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 6 holds 685 sentences of Fenella, unabridged, divided into 137 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Fenella by Henry Longan Stuart exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 685 sentences, grouped into 137 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.
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