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Chapter 13 of Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Voyage en Sibérie_, i. 227. Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.' She was cruelly knouted, her tongue was cut out, and she was banished to Siberia. Kames's _Sketches_, i.
Chapter 13 of Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “banish” — expel from a community or group
From this reading “She was cruelly knouted, her tongue was cut out, and she was banished to Siberia.”
steadiness of mind under stress
From this reading “Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'”
excessively
From this reading “She was cruelly knouted, her tongue was cut out, and she was banished to Siberia.”
the state of having committed an offense
From this reading “Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'”
the trait of being injudicious
From this reading “Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'”
a vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters
From this reading “She was cruelly knouted, her tongue was cut out, and she was banished to Siberia.”
plural of “sketch” — preliminary drawing for later elaboration
plural of “spectator” — a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
From this reading “Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'”
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From this reading 227.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'
past form of “banish” — expel from a community or group
From this reading She was cruelly knouted, her tongue was cut out, and she was banished to Siberia.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'
steadiness of mind under stress
From this reading Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'
the appearance conveyed by a person's face
From this reading Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'
excessively
From this reading She was cruelly knouted, her tongue was cut out, and she was banished to Siberia.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading She was cruelly knouted, her tongue was cut out, and she was banished to Siberia.
half the width of an em
From this reading _Voyage en Sibérie_, i.
the state of having committed an offense
From this reading Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'
responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act
From this reading Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Voyage en Sibérie_, i.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'
the trait of being injudicious
From this reading Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'
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From this reading Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'
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From this reading Kames's _Sketches_, i.
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From this reading She was cruelly knouted, her tongue was cut out, and she was banished to Siberia.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She was cruelly knouted, her tongue was cut out, and she was banished to Siberia.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'
a vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters
From this reading She was cruelly knouted, her tongue was cut out, and she was banished to Siberia.
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From this reading _Voyage en Sibérie_, i.
plural of “sketch” — preliminary drawing for later elaboration
From this reading Kames's _Sketches_, i.
superlative of “slight” — (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with “a”) at least some
From this reading Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'
plural of “spectator” — a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
From this reading Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'
an impression that something might be the case
From this reading Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'
the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
From this reading Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was cruelly knouted, her tongue was cut out, and she was banished to Siberia.
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading She was cruelly knouted, her tongue was cut out, and she was banished to Siberia.
an act of traveling by water
From this reading _Voyage en Sibérie_, i.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was cruelly knouted, her tongue was cut out, and she was banished to Siberia.
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading Lord Kames says:--'Of whatever indiscretion she might have been guilty, the sweetness of her countenance and her composure left not in the spectators the slightest suspicion of guilt.'
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