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Chapter 1 of Love in Excess is here in full — 839 sentences across 168 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_LOVE in Excess_; OR THE FATAL ENQUIRY, A NOVEL. In THREE PARTS. By Mrs. HAYWOOD. ----_In vain from Fate we fly,_ _For first or last, as all must die,_ _So ’tis as much decreed above,_ _That first or last, we all must Love._ LANSDOWN. _Love in Excess_, &c.
Chapter 1 of Love in Excess is here in full — 839 sentences across 168 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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fixed or established especially by order or command
From this reading “----_In vain from Fate we fly,_ _For first or last, as all must die,_ _So ’tis as much decreed above,_ _That first or last, we all must Love._ LANSDOWN.”
an instance of questioning
From this reading “_LOVE in Excess_; OR THE FATAL ENQUIRY, A NOVEL.”
a quantity much larger than is needed
bringing death
From this reading “_LOVE in Excess_; OR THE FATAL ENQUIRY, A NOVEL.”
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading “----_In vain from Fate we fly,_ _For first or last, as all must die,_ _So ’tis as much decreed above,_ _That first or last, we all must Love._ LANSDOWN.”
United States labor leader and militant socialist who was one of the founders of the Industrial Workers of the World (1869-1928)
From this reading “By Mrs. HAYWOOD.”
an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
From this reading “_LOVE in Excess_; OR THE FATAL ENQUIRY, A NOVEL.”
the local environment
From this reading “In THREE PARTS.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “In THREE PARTS.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _LOVE in Excess_; OR THE FATAL ENQUIRY, A NOVEL.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading ----_In vain from Fate we fly,_ _For first or last, as all must die,_ _So ’tis as much decreed above,_ _That first or last, we all must Love._ LANSDOWN.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading ----_In vain from Fate we fly,_ _For first or last, as all must die,_ _So ’tis as much decreed above,_ _That first or last, we all must Love._ LANSDOWN.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ----_In vain from Fate we fly,_ _For first or last, as all must die,_ _So ’tis as much decreed above,_ _That first or last, we all must Love._ LANSDOWN.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By Mrs. HAYWOOD.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading _Love in Excess_, &c.
fixed or established especially by order or command
From this reading ----_In vain from Fate we fly,_ _For first or last, as all must die,_ _So ’tis as much decreed above,_ _That first or last, we all must Love._ LANSDOWN.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading ----_In vain from Fate we fly,_ _For first or last, as all must die,_ _So ’tis as much decreed above,_ _That first or last, we all must Love._ LANSDOWN.
an instance of questioning
From this reading _LOVE in Excess_; OR THE FATAL ENQUIRY, A NOVEL.
a quantity much larger than is needed
From this reading _LOVE in Excess_; OR THE FATAL ENQUIRY, A NOVEL.
bringing death
From this reading _LOVE in Excess_; OR THE FATAL ENQUIRY, A NOVEL.
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading ----_In vain from Fate we fly,_ _For first or last, as all must die,_ _So ’tis as much decreed above,_ _That first or last, we all must Love._ LANSDOWN.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading ----_In vain from Fate we fly,_ _For first or last, as all must die,_ _So ’tis as much decreed above,_ _That first or last, we all must Love._ LANSDOWN.
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading ----_In vain from Fate we fly,_ _For first or last, as all must die,_ _So ’tis as much decreed above,_ _That first or last, we all must Love._ LANSDOWN.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ----_In vain from Fate we fly,_ _For first or last, as all must die,_ _So ’tis as much decreed above,_ _That first or last, we all must Love._ LANSDOWN.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading ----_In vain from Fate we fly,_ _For first or last, as all must die,_ _So ’tis as much decreed above,_ _That first or last, we all must Love._ LANSDOWN.
United States labor leader and militant socialist who was one of the founders of the Industrial Workers of the World (1869-1928)
From this reading By Mrs. HAYWOOD.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _LOVE in Excess_; OR THE FATAL ENQUIRY, A NOVEL.
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From this reading ----_In vain from Fate we fly,_ _For first or last, as all must die,_ _So ’tis as much decreed above,_ _That first or last, we all must Love._ LANSDOWN.
immediately past
From this reading ----_In vain from Fate we fly,_ _For first or last, as all must die,_ _So ’tis as much decreed above,_ _That first or last, we all must Love._ LANSDOWN.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading _LOVE in Excess_; OR THE FATAL ENQUIRY, A NOVEL.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading By Mrs. HAYWOOD.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading ----_In vain from Fate we fly,_ _For first or last, as all must die,_ _So ’tis as much decreed above,_ _That first or last, we all must Love._ LANSDOWN.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading ----_In vain from Fate we fly,_ _For first or last, as all must die,_ _So ’tis as much decreed above,_ _That first or last, we all must Love._ LANSDOWN.
an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
From this reading _LOVE in Excess_; OR THE FATAL ENQUIRY, A NOVEL.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading _LOVE in Excess_; OR THE FATAL ENQUIRY, A NOVEL.
the local environment
From this reading In THREE PARTS.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading ----_In vain from Fate we fly,_ _For first or last, as all must die,_ _So ’tis as much decreed above,_ _That first or last, we all must Love._ LANSDOWN.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ----_In vain from Fate we fly,_ _For first or last, as all must die,_ _So ’tis as much decreed above,_ _That first or last, we all must Love._ LANSDOWN.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _LOVE in Excess_; OR THE FATAL ENQUIRY, A NOVEL.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading In THREE PARTS.
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading ----_In vain from Fate we fly,_ _For first or last, as all must die,_ _So ’tis as much decreed above,_ _That first or last, we all must Love._ LANSDOWN.
characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
From this reading ----_In vain from Fate we fly,_ _For first or last, as all must die,_ _So ’tis as much decreed above,_ _That first or last, we all must Love._ LANSDOWN.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading ----_In vain from Fate we fly,_ _For first or last, as all must die,_ _So ’tis as much decreed above,_ _That first or last, we all must Love._ LANSDOWN.
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