Chapter 6 of Jane Talbot is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Jane Talbot is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
But I told you I wished not to fill my letters with the melancholy scene before me. This is a respite, a solace to me; and thus, and in reading thy letters, I employ all my spare moments. Write to me, my love. Daily, hourly, and cheerfully, if possible. Borrow not; be not thy letters tinged with the melancholy hue of this.
Chapter 6 of Jane Talbot is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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get temporarily
From this reading “Borrow not; be not thy letters tinged with the melancholy hue of this.”
in a cheerful manner
From this reading “Daily, hourly, and cheerfully, if possible.”
put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
From this reading “This is a respite, a solace to me; and thus, and in reading thy letters, I employ all my spare moments.”
occurring every hour or payable by the hour
From this reading “Daily, hourly, and cheerfully, if possible.”
the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
From this reading “Borrow not; be not thy letters tinged with the melancholy hue of this.”
a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
From this reading “This is a respite, a solace to me; and thus, and in reading thy letters, I employ all my spare moments.”
the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
From this reading “This is a respite, a solace to me; and thus, and in reading thy letters, I employ all my spare moments.”
past form of “tinge” — affect as in thought or feeling
From this reading “Borrow not; be not thy letters tinged with the melancholy hue of this.”
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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 This is a respite, a solace to me; and thus, and in reading thy letters, I employ all my spare moments.
(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 This is a respite, a solace to me; and thus, and in reading thy letters, I employ all my spare moments.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This is a respite, a solace to me; and thus, and in reading thy letters, I employ all my spare moments.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Borrow not; be not thy letters tinged with the melancholy hue of this.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading But I told you I wished not to fill my letters with the melancholy scene before me.
get temporarily
From this reading Borrow not; be not thy letters tinged with the melancholy hue of this.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I told you I wished not to fill my letters with the melancholy scene before me.
in a cheerful manner
From this reading Daily, hourly, and cheerfully, if possible.
every day; without missing a day
From this reading Daily, hourly, and cheerfully, if possible.
put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
From this reading This is a respite, a solace to me; and thus, and in reading thy letters, I employ all my spare moments.
make full, also in a metaphorical sense
From this reading But I told you I wished not to fill my letters with the melancholy scene before me.
occurring every hour or payable by the hour
From this reading Daily, hourly, and cheerfully, if possible.
the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
From this reading Borrow not; be not thy letters tinged with the melancholy hue of this.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I told you I wished not to fill my letters with the melancholy scene before me.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Daily, hourly, and cheerfully, if possible.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This is a respite, a solace to me; and thus, and in reading thy letters, I employ all my spare moments.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This is a respite, a solace to me; and thus, and in reading thy letters, I employ all my spare moments.
the literary culture
From this reading But I told you I wished not to fill my letters with the melancholy scene before me.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Write to me, my love.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But I told you I wished not to fill my letters with the melancholy scene before me.
a feeling of thoughtful sadness
From this reading But I told you I wished not to fill my letters with the melancholy scene before me.
plural of “moment” — a particular point in time
From this reading This is a respite, a solace to me; and thus, and in reading thy letters, I employ all my spare moments.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But I told you I wished not to fill my letters with the melancholy scene before me.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But I told you I wished not to fill my letters with the melancholy scene before me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Borrow not; be not thy letters tinged with the melancholy hue of this.
capable of happening or existing
From this reading Daily, hourly, and cheerfully, if possible.
the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
From this reading This is a respite, a solace to me; and thus, and in reading thy letters, I employ all my spare moments.
a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
From this reading This is a respite, a solace to me; and thus, and in reading thy letters, I employ all my spare moments.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading But I told you I wished not to fill my letters with the melancholy scene before me.
the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
From this reading This is a respite, a solace to me; and thus, and in reading thy letters, I employ all my spare moments.
refrain from harming
From this reading This is a respite, a solace to me; and thus, and in reading thy letters, I employ all my spare moments.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But I told you I wished not to fill my letters with the melancholy scene before me.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This is a respite, a solace to me; and thus, and in reading thy letters, I employ all my spare moments.
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading This is a respite, a solace to me; and thus, and in reading thy letters, I employ all my spare moments.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading This is a respite, a solace to me; and thus, and in reading thy letters, I employ all my spare moments.
past form of “tinge” — affect as in thought or feeling
From this reading Borrow not; be not thy letters tinged with the melancholy hue of this.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But I told you I wished not to fill my letters with the melancholy scene before me.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading But I told you I wished not to fill my letters with the melancholy scene before me.
past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish
From this reading But I told you I wished not to fill my letters with the melancholy scene before me.
in the company of; together with
From this reading But I told you I wished not to fill my letters with the melancholy scene before me.
produce a literary work
From this reading Write to me, my love.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But I told you I wished not to fill my letters with the melancholy scene before me.
Chapter 6 of Jane Talbot by Charles Brockden Brown holds 436 sentences, grouped into 88 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 436 sentences of Jane Talbot, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
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