Chapter 10 of Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. 1 (of 2) is here in full — 493 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. 1 (of 2) is here in full — 493 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE STOWEY PERIOD 1797-1798 LXXI. TO REV. J. P. ESTLIN. [STOWEY, 1797.] MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.
Chapter 10 of Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. 1 (of 2) is here in full — 493 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
From this reading “MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.”
to an extraordinary extent or degree
From this reading “MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.”
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading “MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.”
causing physical or psychological pain
From this reading “MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.”
an amount of time
From this reading “THE STOWEY PERIOD 1797-1798 LXXI.”
past form of “rejoice” — feel happiness or joy
From this reading “MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.”
increase the number of rotations per minute
From this reading “TO REV.”
an instance of visual perception
From this reading “MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.”
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.
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In this reading “MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.”
In this reading “MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.”
In this reading “MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.”
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From this reading THE STOWEY PERIOD 1797-1798 LXXI.
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From this reading THE STOWEY PERIOD 1797-1798 LXXI.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.
(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
From this reading MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.
dearly loved
From this reading MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading J. P. ESTLIN.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.
to an extraordinary extent or degree
From this reading MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading J. P. ESTLIN.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.
being one more than seventy
From this reading THE STOWEY PERIOD 1797-1798 LXXI.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading J. P. ESTLIN.
causing physical or psychological pain
From this reading MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.
an amount of time
From this reading THE STOWEY PERIOD 1797-1798 LXXI.
past form of “rejoice” — feel happiness or joy
From this reading MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.
increase the number of rotations per minute
From this reading TO REV.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE STOWEY PERIOD 1797-1798 LXXI.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE STOWEY PERIOD 1797-1798 LXXI.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TO REV.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading MY DEAR FRIEND,--I was indeed greatly rejoiced at the first sight of a letter from you; but its contents were painful.
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