Chapter 33 of Laicus is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXIII
Chapter 33 of Laicus is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A Retrospect. I am sitting in my library. The fire burns cheerily in the grate. A dear voice is singing sweetly by my side. For baby is restless to-night and Jennie has brought him down to rock him to sleep here and keep me company.
Chapter 33 of Laicus is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading “For baby is restless to-night and Jennie has brought him down to rock him to sleep here and keep me company.”
United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
From this reading “The fire burns cheerily in the grate.”
a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
From this reading “The fire burns cheerily in the grate.”
a room where books are kept
From this reading “I am sitting in my library.”
worried and uneasy
From this reading “For baby is restless to-night and Jennie has brought him down to rock him to sleep here and keep me company.”
contemplation of things past
From this reading “A Retrospect.”
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading “A dear voice is singing sweetly by my side.”
in an affectionate or loving manner (“sweet” is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of “sweetly”)
From this reading “A dear voice is singing sweetly by my side.”
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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 A Retrospect.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am sitting in my library.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For baby is restless to-night and Jennie has brought him down to rock him to sleep here and keep me company.
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading For baby is restless to-night and Jennie has brought him down to rock him to sleep here and keep me company.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading For baby is restless to-night and Jennie has brought him down to rock him to sleep here and keep me company.
United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
From this reading The fire burns cheerily in the grate.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A dear voice is singing sweetly by my side.
in a cheerful manner
From this reading The fire burns cheerily in the grate.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading For baby is restless to-night and Jennie has brought him down to rock him to sleep here and keep me company.
dearly loved
From this reading A dear voice is singing sweetly by my side.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading For baby is restless to-night and Jennie has brought him down to rock him to sleep here and keep me company.
start firing a weapon
From this reading The fire burns cheerily in the grate.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For baby is restless to-night and Jennie has brought him down to rock him to sleep here and keep me company.
a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
From this reading The fire burns cheerily in the grate.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For baby is restless to-night and Jennie has brought him down to rock him to sleep here and keep me company.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading For baby is restless to-night and Jennie has brought him down to rock him to sleep here and keep me company.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For baby is restless to-night and Jennie has brought him down to rock him to sleep here and keep me company.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am sitting in my library.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I am sitting in my library.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A dear voice is singing sweetly by my side.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For baby is restless to-night and Jennie has brought him down to rock him to sleep here and keep me company.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading For baby is restless to-night and Jennie has brought him down to rock him to sleep here and keep me company.
a room where books are kept
From this reading I am sitting in my library.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For baby is restless to-night and Jennie has brought him down to rock him to sleep here and keep me company.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I am sitting in my library.
worried and uneasy
From this reading For baby is restless to-night and Jennie has brought him down to rock him to sleep here and keep me company.
contemplation of things past
From this reading A Retrospect.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading For baby is restless to-night and Jennie has brought him down to rock him to sleep here and keep me company.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading A dear voice is singing sweetly by my side.
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading A dear voice is singing sweetly by my side.
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading I am sitting in my library.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading For baby is restless to-night and Jennie has brought him down to rock him to sleep here and keep me company.
in an affectionate or loving manner (“sweet” is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of “sweetly”)
From this reading A dear voice is singing sweetly by my side.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The fire burns cheerily in the grate.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For baby is restless to-night and Jennie has brought him down to rock him to sleep here and keep me company.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For baby is restless to-night and Jennie has brought him down to rock him to sleep here and keep me company.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading A dear voice is singing sweetly by my side.
Chapter 33 of Laicus by Lyman Abbott holds 104 sentences, grouped into 21 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 33 holds 104 sentences of Laicus, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
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