Chapter 4 of Love Letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Volume 2 (of 2) is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Love Letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Volume 2 (of 2) is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Give my blessing to our daughter. THY LOVINGEST HUSBAND. Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston. By Mr. Fuller. TO MRS.
Chapter 4 of Love Letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Volume 2 (of 2) is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the formal act of approving
From this reading “Give my blessing to our daughter.”
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading “Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.”
a female human offspring
From this reading “Give my blessing to our daughter.”
United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910)
From this reading “By Mr. Fuller.”
United States writer of novels and short stories mostly on moral themes (1804-1864)
From this reading “Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.”
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “THY LOVINGEST HUSBAND.”
educator who founded the first kindergarten in the United States (1804-1894)
From this reading “Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “THY LOVINGEST HUSBAND.”
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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From this reading Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.
the formal act of approving
From this reading Give my blessing to our daughter.
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By Mr. Fuller.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.
a female human offspring
From this reading Give my blessing to our daughter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.
United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910)
From this reading By Mr. Fuller.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Give my blessing to our daughter.
United States writer of novels and short stories mostly on moral themes (1804-1864)
From this reading Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading THY LOVINGEST HUSBAND.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THY LOVINGEST HUSBAND.
a form of address for a man
From this reading By Mr. Fuller.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Give my blessing to our daughter.
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 Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Give my blessing to our daughter.
educator who founded the first kindergarten in the United States (1804-1894)
From this reading Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading THY LOVINGEST HUSBAND.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Give my blessing to our daughter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.
Chapter 4 of Love Letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Volume 2 (of 2) by Nathaniel Hawthorne holds 429 sentences, grouped into 86 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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.
Chapter 4 holds 429 sentences of Love Letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Volume 2 (of 2), unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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