Chapter 36 of Heartsease is here in full — 288 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXVI
Chapter 36 of Heartsease is here in full — 288 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast. And while it cometh, it is almost past. Away distrust, My God hath promised, He is just. --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’ ‘How long have we been here?’
Chapter 36 of Heartsease is here in full — 288 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)
From this reading “--G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’”
doubt about someone's honesty
From this reading “Away distrust, My God hath promised, He is just.”
predict in advance
From this reading “Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.”
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading “Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.”
United States musician and composer and conductor noted for his comic operas (1859-1924)
From this reading “--G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’”
a landlord who is a woman
From this reading “--G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’”
past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment
From this reading “Away distrust, My God hath promised, He is just.”
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
From this reading “--G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’”
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(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading And while it cometh, it is almost past.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And while it cometh, it is almost past.
elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)
From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Away distrust, My God hath promised, He is just.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And while it cometh, it is almost past.
doubt about someone's honesty
From this reading Away distrust, My God hath promised, He is just.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.
one or the other of two
From this reading Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.
predict in advance
From this reading Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading Away distrust, My God hath promised, He is just.
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
an old form of “has”
From this reading Away distrust, My God hath promised, He is just.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ‘How long have we been here?’
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Away distrust, My God hath promised, He is just.
United States musician and composer and conductor noted for his comic operas (1859-1924)
From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading ‘How long have we been here?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And while it cometh, it is almost past.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.
and nothing more
From this reading Away distrust, My God hath promised, He is just.
a landlord who is a woman
From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading ‘How long have we been here?’
for more time
From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
to a great degree or extent
From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Away distrust, My God hath promised, He is just.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.
the time that has elapsed
From this reading And while it cometh, it is almost past.
past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment
From this reading Away distrust, My God hath promised, He is just.
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
during the time that
From this reading And while it cometh, it is almost past.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.
Chapter 36 of Heartsease by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge holds 288 sentences, grouped into 58 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 36 holds 288 sentences of Heartsease, unabridged, divided into 58 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 36 of Heartsease by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 288 sentences, grouped into 58 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.
Work through the 58 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 58 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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How to work through Heartsease section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Heartsease, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
