Chapter 3 of Letters of Edward FitzGerald, in Two Volumes. Vol. 2 is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Letters of Edward FitzGerald, in Two Volumes. Vol. 2 is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_To John Allen_. MARKETHILL: WOODBRIDGE. _Nov._ 1/65. MY DEAR ALLEN, Let me hear how you and yours are: it is now a long [time] since we exchanged Letters. G. Crabbe wrote me you were corresponding with a very different person: the Editor of the Times.
Chapter 3 of Letters of Edward FitzGerald, in Two Volumes. Vol. 2 is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)
From this reading “MY DEAR ALLEN, Let me hear how you and yours are: it is now a long [time] since we exchanged Letters.”
accompanying
From this reading “G. Crabbe wrote me you were corresponding with a very different person: the Editor of the Times.”
a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
From this reading “G. Crabbe wrote me you were corresponding with a very different person: the Editor of the Times.”
changed for (replaced by) something different
From this reading “MY DEAR ALLEN, Let me hear how you and yours are: it is now a long [time] since we exchanged Letters.”
the literary culture
From this reading “MY DEAR ALLEN, Let me hear how you and yours are: it is now a long [time] since we exchanged Letters.”
the month following October and preceding December
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading “G. Crabbe wrote me you were corresponding with a very different person: the Editor of the Times.”
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “MY DEAR ALLEN, Let me hear how you and yours are: it is now a long [time] since we exchanged Letters.”
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From this reading _Nov._ 1/65.
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From this reading _Nov._ 1/65.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading MY DEAR ALLEN, Let me hear how you and yours are: it is now a long [time] since we exchanged Letters.
United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)
From this reading _To John Allen_.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MY DEAR ALLEN, Let me hear how you and yours are: it is now a long [time] since we exchanged Letters.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading MY DEAR ALLEN, Let me hear how you and yours are: it is now a long [time] since we exchanged Letters.
accompanying
From this reading G. Crabbe wrote me you were corresponding with a very different person: the Editor of the Times.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading G. Crabbe wrote me you were corresponding with a very different person: the Editor of the Times.
dearly loved
From this reading MY DEAR ALLEN, Let me hear how you and yours are: it is now a long [time] since we exchanged Letters.
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading G. Crabbe wrote me you were corresponding with a very different person: the Editor of the Times.
a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
From this reading G. Crabbe wrote me you were corresponding with a very different person: the Editor of the Times.
changed for (replaced by) something different
From this reading MY DEAR ALLEN, Let me hear how you and yours are: it is now a long [time] since we exchanged Letters.
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading G. Crabbe wrote me you were corresponding with a very different person: the Editor of the Times.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading MY DEAR ALLEN, Let me hear how you and yours are: it is now a long [time] since we exchanged Letters.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MY DEAR ALLEN, Let me hear how you and yours are: it is now a long [time] since we exchanged Letters.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MY DEAR ALLEN, Let me hear how you and yours are: it is now a long [time] since we exchanged Letters.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading MY DEAR ALLEN, Let me hear how you and yours are: it is now a long [time] since we exchanged Letters.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading _To John Allen_.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading MY DEAR ALLEN, Let me hear how you and yours are: it is now a long [time] since we exchanged Letters.
the literary culture
From this reading MY DEAR ALLEN, Let me hear how you and yours are: it is now a long [time] since we exchanged Letters.
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 MY DEAR ALLEN, Let me hear how you and yours are: it is now a long [time] since we exchanged Letters.
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From this reading MARKETHILL: WOODBRIDGE.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading MY DEAR ALLEN, Let me hear how you and yours are: it is now a long [time] since we exchanged Letters.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MY DEAR ALLEN, Let me hear how you and yours are: it is now a long [time] since we exchanged Letters.
the month following October and preceding December
From this reading _Nov._ 1/65.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading MY DEAR ALLEN, Let me hear how you and yours are: it is now a long [time] since we exchanged Letters.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading G. Crabbe wrote me you were corresponding with a very different person: the Editor of the Times.
a human being
From this reading G. Crabbe wrote me you were corresponding with a very different person: the Editor of the Times.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading MY DEAR ALLEN, Let me hear how you and yours are: it is now a long [time] since we exchanged Letters.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading G. Crabbe wrote me you were corresponding with a very different person: the Editor of the Times.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading MY DEAR ALLEN, Let me hear how you and yours are: it is now a long [time] since we exchanged Letters.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading G. Crabbe wrote me you were corresponding with a very different person: the Editor of the Times.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _To John Allen_.
precisely as stated
From this reading G. Crabbe wrote me you were corresponding with a very different person: the Editor of the Times.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading MY DEAR ALLEN, Let me hear how you and yours are: it is now a long [time] since we exchanged Letters.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading G. Crabbe wrote me you were corresponding with a very different person: the Editor of the Times.
in the company of; together with
From this reading G. Crabbe wrote me you were corresponding with a very different person: the Editor of the Times.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MARKETHILL: WOODBRIDGE.
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading G. Crabbe wrote me you were corresponding with a very different person: the Editor of the Times.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading MY DEAR ALLEN, Let me hear how you and yours are: it is now a long [time] since we exchanged Letters.
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading MY DEAR ALLEN, Let me hear how you and yours are: it is now a long [time] since we exchanged Letters.
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