Chapter 4 of Joan of Arc: A Play in Five Acts is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Joan of Arc: A Play in Five Acts is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Enter BERTHA._ BER. Why here alone? Why, when thy hopes have nearly gained their height, Is thus thy cheek so pale, thy look so pensive? JOAN. Hast thou then never felt that bliss approached So near as just to meet the grasp, becomes Extreme of pain?
Chapter 4 of Joan of Arc: A Play in Five Acts is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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third-person singular of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading “Hast thou then never felt that bliss approached So near as just to meet the grasp, becomes Extreme of pain?”
a state of extreme happiness
From this reading “Hast thou then never felt that bliss approached So near as just to meet the grasp, becomes Extreme of pain?”
of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
From this reading “Hast thou then never felt that bliss approached So near as just to meet the grasp, becomes Extreme of pain?”
past form of “gain” — obtain
From this reading “Why, when thy hopes have nearly gained their height, Is thus thy cheek so pale, thy look so pensive?”
hold firmly
From this reading “Hast thou then never felt that bliss approached So near as just to meet the grasp, becomes Extreme of pain?”
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Hast thou then never felt that bliss approached So near as just to meet the grasp, becomes Extreme of pain?”
the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top
From this reading “Why, when thy hopes have nearly gained their height, Is thus thy cheek so pale, thy look so pensive?”
deeply or seriously thoughtful
From this reading “Why, when thy hopes have nearly gained their height, Is thus thy cheek so pale, thy look so pensive?”
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In this reading “Why here alone?”
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Having no one else present.
From this reading Why here alone?
past form of “approach” — move towards
From this reading Hast thou then never felt that bliss approached So near as just to meet the grasp, becomes Extreme of pain?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Hast thou then never felt that bliss approached So near as just to meet the grasp, becomes Extreme of pain?
third-person singular of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading Hast thou then never felt that bliss approached So near as just to meet the grasp, becomes Extreme of pain?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Enter BERTHA._ BER.
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From this reading _Enter BERTHA._ BER.
a state of extreme happiness
From this reading Hast thou then never felt that bliss approached So near as just to meet the grasp, becomes Extreme of pain?
either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading Why, when thy hopes have nearly gained their height, Is thus thy cheek so pale, thy look so pensive?
to come or go into
From this reading _Enter BERTHA._ BER.
of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
From this reading Hast thou then never felt that bliss approached So near as just to meet the grasp, becomes Extreme of pain?
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Hast thou then never felt that bliss approached So near as just to meet the grasp, becomes Extreme of pain?
past form of “gain” — obtain
From this reading Why, when thy hopes have nearly gained their height, Is thus thy cheek so pale, thy look so pensive?
hold firmly
From this reading Hast thou then never felt that bliss approached So near as just to meet the grasp, becomes Extreme of pain?
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading Hast thou then never felt that bliss approached So near as just to meet the grasp, becomes Extreme of pain?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Why, when thy hopes have nearly gained their height, Is thus thy cheek so pale, thy look so pensive?
the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top
From this reading Why, when thy hopes have nearly gained their height, Is thus thy cheek so pale, thy look so pensive?
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Why here alone?
plural of “hope” — a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading Why, when thy hopes have nearly gained their height, Is thus thy cheek so pale, thy look so pensive?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Why, when thy hopes have nearly gained their height, Is thus thy cheek so pale, thy look so pensive?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JOAN.
and nothing more
From this reading Hast thou then never felt that bliss approached So near as just to meet the grasp, becomes Extreme of pain?
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Why, when thy hopes have nearly gained their height, Is thus thy cheek so pale, thy look so pensive?
come together
From this reading Hast thou then never felt that bliss approached So near as just to meet the grasp, becomes Extreme of pain?
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading Hast thou then never felt that bliss approached So near as just to meet the grasp, becomes Extreme of pain?
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Why, when thy hopes have nearly gained their height, Is thus thy cheek so pale, thy look so pensive?
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Hast thou then never felt that bliss approached So near as just to meet the grasp, becomes Extreme of pain?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Hast thou then never felt that bliss approached So near as just to meet the grasp, becomes Extreme of pain?
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading Hast thou then never felt that bliss approached So near as just to meet the grasp, becomes Extreme of pain?
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading Why, when thy hopes have nearly gained their height, Is thus thy cheek so pale, thy look so pensive?
deeply or seriously thoughtful
From this reading Why, when thy hopes have nearly gained their height, Is thus thy cheek so pale, thy look so pensive?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Why, when thy hopes have nearly gained their height, Is thus thy cheek so pale, thy look so pensive?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Hast thou then never felt that bliss approached So near as just to meet the grasp, becomes Extreme of pain?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Hast thou then never felt that bliss approached So near as just to meet the grasp, becomes Extreme of pain?
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Why, when thy hopes have nearly gained their height, Is thus thy cheek so pale, thy look so pensive?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Hast thou then never felt that bliss approached So near as just to meet the grasp, becomes Extreme of pain?
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Hast thou then never felt that bliss approached So near as just to meet the grasp, becomes Extreme of pain?
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading Why, when thy hopes have nearly gained their height, Is thus thy cheek so pale, thy look so pensive?
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Why, when thy hopes have nearly gained their height, Is thus thy cheek so pale, thy look so pensive?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hast thou then never felt that bliss approached So near as just to meet the grasp, becomes Extreme of pain?
at the time that
From this reading Why, when thy hopes have nearly gained their height, Is thus thy cheek so pale, thy look so pensive?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why here alone?
Chapter 4 of Joan of Arc: A Play in Five Acts by J. A. (Jane Alice) Sargant holds 394 sentences, grouped into 79 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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