Chapter 8 of Lover and Husband: A Novel is here in full — 369 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Lover and Husband: A Novel is here in full — 369 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“For this reason I should wish never to be in love all the days of my life. The loss would grieve me to death.” MEPHISTO. “Joy must have sorrow, sorrow joy.” HAYWARD’S FAUST.
Chapter 8 of Lover and Husband: A Novel is here in full — 369 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading “The loss would grieve me to death.””
an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge
From this reading “HAYWARD’S FAUST.”
feel grief
From this reading “The loss would grieve me to death.””
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading ““Joy must have sorrow, sorrow joy.””
something that is lost
From this reading “The loss would grieve me to death.””
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading ““For this reason I should wish never to be in love all the days of my life.”
an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
From this reading ““Joy must have sorrow, sorrow joy.””
hope for; have a wish
From this reading ““For this reason I should wish never to be in love all the days of my life.”
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(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 “For this reason I should wish never to be in love all the days of my life.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “For this reason I should wish never to be in love all the days of my life.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading “For this reason I should wish never to be in love all the days of my life.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading The loss would grieve me to death.”
an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge
From this reading HAYWARD’S FAUST.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “For this reason I should wish never to be in love all the days of my life.
feel grief
From this reading The loss would grieve me to death.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Joy must have sorrow, sorrow joy.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HAYWARD’S FAUST.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “For this reason I should wish never to be in love all the days of my life.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “For this reason I should wish never to be in love all the days of my life.
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading “Joy must have sorrow, sorrow joy.”
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “For this reason I should wish never to be in love all the days of my life.
something that is lost
From this reading The loss would grieve me to death.”
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “For this reason I should wish never to be in love all the days of my life.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The loss would grieve me to death.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MEPHISTO.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Joy must have sorrow, sorrow joy.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “For this reason I should wish never to be in love all the days of my life.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “For this reason I should wish never to be in love all the days of my life.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “For this reason I should wish never to be in love all the days of my life.
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading “For this reason I should wish never to be in love all the days of my life.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “For this reason I should wish never to be in love all the days of my life.
an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
From this reading “Joy must have sorrow, sorrow joy.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “For this reason I should wish never to be in love all the days of my life.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “For this reason I should wish never to be in love all the days of my life.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “For this reason I should wish never to be in love all the days of my life.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “For this reason I should wish never to be in love all the days of my life.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The loss would grieve me to death.”
Chapter 8 of Lover and Husband: A Novel by Mrs. Molesworth holds 369 sentences, grouped into 74 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.
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