Chapter 2 of Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals is here in full — 215 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals is here in full — 215 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Foligno, April 26. 1817. "I wrote to you the other day from Florence, inclosing a MS. entitled 'The Lament of Tasso.' It was written in consequence of my having been lately at Ferrara. In the last section of this MS.
Chapter 2 of Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals is here in full — 215 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the month following March and preceding May
From this reading “"Foligno, April 26.”
qualified for by right according to law
From this reading “"I wrote to you the other day from Florence, inclosing a MS. entitled 'The Lament of Tasso.'”
a city in northern Italy
From this reading “It was written in consequence of my having been lately at Ferrara.”
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading “"I wrote to you the other day from Florence, inclosing a MS. entitled 'The Lament of Tasso.'”
express grief verbally
From this reading “"I wrote to you the other day from Florence, inclosing a MS. entitled 'The Lament of Tasso.'”
in the recent past
From this reading “It was written in consequence of my having been lately at Ferrara.”
a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
From this reading “In the last section of this MS.”
Italian poet who wrote an epic poem about the capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade (1544-1595)
From this reading “"I wrote to you the other day from Florence, inclosing a MS. entitled 'The Lament of Tasso.'”
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From this reading 1817.
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From this reading "Foligno, April 26.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "I wrote to you the other day from Florence, inclosing a MS. entitled 'The Lament of Tasso.'
the month following March and preceding May
From this reading "Foligno, April 26.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was written in consequence of my having been lately at Ferrara.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was written in consequence of my having been lately at Ferrara.
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading It was written in consequence of my having been lately at Ferrara.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading "I wrote to you the other day from Florence, inclosing a MS. entitled 'The Lament of Tasso.'
qualified for by right according to law
From this reading "I wrote to you the other day from Florence, inclosing a MS. entitled 'The Lament of Tasso.'
a city in northern Italy
From this reading It was written in consequence of my having been lately at Ferrara.
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading "I wrote to you the other day from Florence, inclosing a MS. entitled 'The Lament of Tasso.'
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From this reading "Foligno, April 26.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "I wrote to you the other day from Florence, inclosing a MS. entitled 'The Lament of Tasso.'
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading It was written in consequence of my having been lately at Ferrara.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I wrote to you the other day from Florence, inclosing a MS. entitled 'The Lament of Tasso.'
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was written in consequence of my having been lately at Ferrara.
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From this reading "I wrote to you the other day from Florence, inclosing a MS. entitled 'The Lament of Tasso.'
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was written in consequence of my having been lately at Ferrara.
express grief verbally
From this reading "I wrote to you the other day from Florence, inclosing a MS. entitled 'The Lament of Tasso.'
immediately past
From this reading In the last section of this MS.
in the recent past
From this reading It was written in consequence of my having been lately at Ferrara.
a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
From this reading "I wrote to you the other day from Florence, inclosing a MS. entitled 'The Lament of Tasso.'
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It was written in consequence of my having been lately at Ferrara.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "I wrote to you the other day from Florence, inclosing a MS. entitled 'The Lament of Tasso.'
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading "I wrote to you the other day from Florence, inclosing a MS. entitled 'The Lament of Tasso.'
a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
From this reading In the last section of this MS.
Italian poet who wrote an epic poem about the capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade (1544-1595)
From this reading "I wrote to you the other day from Florence, inclosing a MS. entitled 'The Lament of Tasso.'
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I wrote to you the other day from Florence, inclosing a MS. entitled 'The Lament of Tasso.'
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In the last section of this MS.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I wrote to you the other day from Florence, inclosing a MS. entitled 'The Lament of Tasso.'
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was written in consequence of my having been lately at Ferrara.
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading It was written in consequence of my having been lately at Ferrara.
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading "I wrote to you the other day from Florence, inclosing a MS. entitled 'The Lament of Tasso.'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I wrote to you the other day from Florence, inclosing a MS. entitled 'The Lament of Tasso.'
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