Chapter 16 of In Spite of All: A Novel is here in full — 267 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of In Spite of All: A Novel is here in full — 267 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“What thing is love, which nought can countervail? Nought save itself, e’en such a thing is love. All worldly wealth in worth as far doth fail, As lowest earth doth yield to heaven above. Divine is love, and scorneth worldly pelf, And can be bought with nothing, but with self.” --From “England’s Helicon,” 1600.
Chapter 16 of In Spite of All: A Novel is here in full — 267 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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compensate for or counterbalance
From this reading ““What thing is love, which nought can countervail?”
an old form of “does”
From this reading “All worldly wealth in worth as far doth fail, As lowest earth doth yield to heaven above.”
possessive form of “england” — a division of the United Kingdom
a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician
From this reading “--From “England’s Helicon,” 1600.”
lowest in rank or importance
From this reading “All worldly wealth in worth as far doth fail, As lowest earth doth yield to heaven above.”
your consciousness of your own identity
From this reading “Divine is love, and scorneth worldly pelf, And can be bought with nothing, but with self.””
characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
From this reading “All worldly wealth in worth as far doth fail, As lowest earth doth yield to heaven above.”
be the cause or source of
From this reading “All worldly wealth in worth as far doth fail, As lowest earth doth yield to heaven above.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “All worldly wealth in worth as far doth fail, As lowest earth doth yield to heaven above.”
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From this reading --From “England’s Helicon,” 1600.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Nought save itself, e’en such a thing is love.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading All worldly wealth in worth as far doth fail, As lowest earth doth yield to heaven above.
(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 worldly wealth in worth as far doth fail, As lowest earth doth yield to heaven above.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Divine is love, and scorneth worldly pelf, And can be bought with nothing, but with self.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading All worldly wealth in worth as far doth fail, As lowest earth doth yield to heaven above.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Divine is love, and scorneth worldly pelf, And can be bought with nothing, but with self.”
inflected form of “buy” — obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading Divine is love, and scorneth worldly pelf, And can be bought with nothing, but with self.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Divine is love, and scorneth worldly pelf, And can be bought with nothing, but with self.”
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “What thing is love, which nought can countervail?
compensate for or counterbalance
From this reading “What thing is love, which nought can countervail?
emanating from God
From this reading Divine is love, and scorneth worldly pelf, And can be bought with nothing, but with self.”
an old form of “does”
From this reading All worldly wealth in worth as far doth fail, As lowest earth doth yield to heaven above.
even
From this reading Nought save itself, e’en such a thing is love.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading All worldly wealth in worth as far doth fail, As lowest earth doth yield to heaven above.
possessive form of “england” — a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading --From “England’s Helicon,” 1600.
fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading All worldly wealth in worth as far doth fail, As lowest earth doth yield to heaven above.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading All worldly wealth in worth as far doth fail, As lowest earth doth yield to heaven above.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading --From “England’s Helicon,” 1600.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading All worldly wealth in worth as far doth fail, As lowest earth doth yield to heaven above.
a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician
From this reading --From “England’s Helicon,” 1600.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All worldly wealth in worth as far doth fail, As lowest earth doth yield to heaven above.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “What thing is love, which nought can countervail?
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Nought save itself, e’en such a thing is love.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “What thing is love, which nought can countervail?
lowest in rank or importance
From this reading All worldly wealth in worth as far doth fail, As lowest earth doth yield to heaven above.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Divine is love, and scorneth worldly pelf, And can be bought with nothing, but with self.”
a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
From this reading “What thing is love, which nought can countervail?
informal terms for money
From this reading Divine is love, and scorneth worldly pelf, And can be bought with nothing, but with self.”
except for; apart from
From this reading Nought save itself, e’en such a thing is love.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Divine is love, and scorneth worldly pelf, And can be bought with nothing, but with self.”
your consciousness of your own identity
From this reading Divine is love, and scorneth worldly pelf, And can be bought with nothing, but with self.”
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Nought save itself, e’en such a thing is love.
a special situation
From this reading “What thing is love, which nought can countervail?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All worldly wealth in worth as far doth fail, As lowest earth doth yield to heaven above.
the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money
From this reading All worldly wealth in worth as far doth fail, As lowest earth doth yield to heaven above.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What thing is love, which nought can countervail?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “What thing is love, which nought can countervail?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Divine is love, and scorneth worldly pelf, And can be bought with nothing, but with self.”
characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
From this reading All worldly wealth in worth as far doth fail, As lowest earth doth yield to heaven above.
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading All worldly wealth in worth as far doth fail, As lowest earth doth yield to heaven above.
be the cause or source of
From this reading All worldly wealth in worth as far doth fail, As lowest earth doth yield to heaven above.
Chapter 16 of In Spite of All: A Novel by Edna Lyall holds 267 sentences, grouped into 54 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 16 holds 267 sentences of In Spite of All: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 54 reading sections.
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