Chapter 7 of Flowers and fruit from the writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Flowers and fruit from the writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LITERATURE AND ART. THE MINISTER’S WOOING. [Sidenote: Romance.] All prosaic and all bitter, disenchanted people talk as if poets and novelists _made_ romances. They do, just as much as craters make volcanoes, no more.
Chapter 7 of Flowers and fruit from the writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “crater” — a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
From this reading “They do, just as much as craters make volcanoes, no more.”
freed from enchantment
From this reading “All prosaic and all bitter, disenchanted people talk as if poets and novelists _made_ romances.”
possessive form of “minister” — a person authorized to conduct religious worship
plural of “novelist” — one who writes novels
From this reading “All prosaic and all bitter, disenchanted people talk as if poets and novelists _made_ romances.”
not fanciful or imaginative
From this reading “All prosaic and all bitter, disenchanted people talk as if poets and novelists _made_ romances.”
plural of “romance” — a relationship between two lovers
From this reading “All prosaic and all bitter, disenchanted people talk as if poets and novelists _made_ romances.”
plural of “volcano” — a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
From this reading “They do, just as much as craters make volcanoes, no more.”
a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
From this reading “THE MINISTER’S WOOING.”
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.
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(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 All prosaic and all bitter, disenchanted people talk as if poets and novelists _made_ romances.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LITERATURE AND ART.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading LITERATURE AND ART.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading All prosaic and all bitter, disenchanted people talk as if poets and novelists _made_ romances.
marked by strong resentment or cynicism
From this reading All prosaic and all bitter, disenchanted people talk as if poets and novelists _made_ romances.
plural of “crater” — a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
From this reading They do, just as much as craters make volcanoes, no more.
freed from enchantment
From this reading All prosaic and all bitter, disenchanted people talk as if poets and novelists _made_ romances.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading They do, just as much as craters make volcanoes, no more.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading All prosaic and all bitter, disenchanted people talk as if poets and novelists _made_ romances.
and nothing more
From this reading They do, just as much as craters make volcanoes, no more.
creative writing of recognized artistic value
From this reading LITERATURE AND ART.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading All prosaic and all bitter, disenchanted people talk as if poets and novelists _made_ romances.
engage in
From this reading They do, just as much as craters make volcanoes, no more.
possessive form of “minister” — a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading THE MINISTER’S WOOING.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading They do, just as much as craters make volcanoes, no more.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading They do, just as much as craters make volcanoes, no more.
not any; not one
From this reading They do, just as much as craters make volcanoes, no more.
plural of “novelist” — one who writes novels
From this reading All prosaic and all bitter, disenchanted people talk as if poets and novelists _made_ romances.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading All prosaic and all bitter, disenchanted people talk as if poets and novelists _made_ romances.
plural of “poet” — a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading All prosaic and all bitter, disenchanted people talk as if poets and novelists _made_ romances.
not fanciful or imaginative
From this reading All prosaic and all bitter, disenchanted people talk as if poets and novelists _made_ romances.
a relationship between two lovers
From this reading [Sidenote: Romance.]
plural of “romance” — a relationship between two lovers
From this reading All prosaic and all bitter, disenchanted people talk as if poets and novelists _made_ romances.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [Sidenote: Romance.]
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading All prosaic and all bitter, disenchanted people talk as if poets and novelists _made_ romances.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MINISTER’S WOOING.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They do, just as much as craters make volcanoes, no more.
plural of “volcano” — a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
From this reading They do, just as much as craters make volcanoes, no more.
a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
From this reading THE MINISTER’S WOOING.
Chapter 7 of Flowers and fruit from the writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe by Harriet Beecher Stowe holds 129 sentences, grouped into 26 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.
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