Chapter 10 of Letters to His Son, Complete On the Fine Art is here in full — 291 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Letters to His Son, Complete On the Fine Art is here in full — 291 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LONDON, June 22, O. S. 1749. DEAR BOY: The outside of your letter of the 7th N. S., directed by your own hand, gave me more pleasure than the inside of any other letter ever did.
Chapter 10 of Letters to His Son, Complete On the Fine Art is here in full — 291 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a youthful male person
From this reading “DEAR BOY: The outside of your letter of the 7th N.”
(often used in combination) having a specified direction
From this reading “S., directed by your own hand, gave me more pleasure than the inside of any other letter ever did.”
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
From this reading “S., directed by your own hand, gave me more pleasure than the inside of any other letter ever did.”
the month following May and preceding July
From this reading “LONDON, June 22, O.”
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading “DEAR BOY: The outside of your letter of the 7th N.”
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading “LONDON, June 22, O.”
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading “DEAR BOY: The outside of your letter of the 7th N.”
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading “S., directed by your own hand, gave me more pleasure than the inside of any other letter ever did.”
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From this reading 1749.
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From this reading LONDON, June 22, O.
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From this reading DEAR BOY: The outside of your letter of the 7th N.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading S., directed by your own hand, gave me more pleasure than the inside of any other letter ever did.
a youthful male person
From this reading DEAR BOY: The outside of your letter of the 7th N.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading S., directed by your own hand, gave me more pleasure than the inside of any other letter ever did.
dearly loved
From this reading DEAR BOY: The outside of your letter of the 7th N.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading S., directed by your own hand, gave me more pleasure than the inside of any other letter ever did.
(often used in combination) having a specified direction
From this reading S., directed by your own hand, gave me more pleasure than the inside of any other letter ever did.
at any time
From this reading S., directed by your own hand, gave me more pleasure than the inside of any other letter ever did.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading S., directed by your own hand, gave me more pleasure than the inside of any other letter ever did.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading S., directed by your own hand, gave me more pleasure than the inside of any other letter ever did.
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
From this reading S., directed by your own hand, gave me more pleasure than the inside of any other letter ever did.
the month following May and preceding July
From this reading LONDON, June 22, O.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading DEAR BOY: The outside of your letter of the 7th N.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading LONDON, June 22, O.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading S., directed by your own hand, gave me more pleasure than the inside of any other letter ever did.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading S., directed by your own hand, gave me more pleasure than the inside of any other letter ever did.
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
From this reading DEAR BOY: The outside of your letter of the 7th N.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading LONDON, June 22, O.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading DEAR BOY: The outside of your letter of the 7th N.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading S., directed by your own hand, gave me more pleasure than the inside of any other letter ever did.
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading DEAR BOY: The outside of your letter of the 7th N.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading S., directed by your own hand, gave me more pleasure than the inside of any other letter ever did.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading S., directed by your own hand, gave me more pleasure than the inside of any other letter ever did.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading S.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading S., directed by your own hand, gave me more pleasure than the inside of any other letter ever did.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DEAR BOY: The outside of your letter of the 7th N.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading DEAR BOY: The outside of your letter of the 7th N.
Chapter 10 of Letters to His Son, Complete On the Fine Art by Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield holds 291 sentences, grouped into 59 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.
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