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Chapter 10 of Marmion is here in full — 276 sentences across 56 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Stanza XIX. The skilful descriptive touches of this stanza are noteworthy. Cp. opening passages of Coleridge's 'Christabel,' especially the seven lines beginning, 'Is the night chilly and dark?' Stanza XXI. line 440. Grimly is not unknown as a poetical adj.
Chapter 10 of Marmion is here in full — 276 sentences across 56 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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not characterized by emotion
From this reading “Cp. opening passages of Coleridge's 'Christabel,' especially the seven lines beginning, 'Is the night chilly and dark?'”
serving to describe or inform or characterized by description
From this reading “The skilful descriptive touches of this stanza are noteworthy.”
in a grim implacable manner
From this reading “Grimly is not unknown as a poetical adj.”
worthy of attention because interesting, significant, or unusual
From this reading “The skilful descriptive touches of this stanza are noteworthy.”
plural of “passage” — the act of passing from one state or place to the next
From this reading “Cp. opening passages of Coleridge's 'Christabel,' especially the seven lines beginning, 'Is the night chilly and dark?'”
of or relating to poetry
From this reading “Grimly is not unknown as a poetical adj.”
a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
From this reading “Stanza XIX.”
plural of “touch” — the event of something coming in contact with the body
From this reading “The skilful descriptive touches of this stanza are noteworthy.”
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From this reading Stanza XXI. line 440.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Grimly is not unknown as a poetical adj.
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From this reading Grimly is not unknown as a poetical adj.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Cp. opening passages of Coleridge's 'Christabel,' especially the seven lines beginning, 'Is the night chilly and dark?'
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The skilful descriptive touches of this stanza are noteworthy.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Grimly is not unknown as a poetical adj.
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading Cp. opening passages of Coleridge's 'Christabel,' especially the seven lines beginning, 'Is the night chilly and dark?'
not characterized by emotion
From this reading Cp. opening passages of Coleridge's 'Christabel,' especially the seven lines beginning, 'Is the night chilly and dark?'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cp. opening passages of Coleridge's 'Christabel,' especially the seven lines beginning, 'Is the night chilly and dark?'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cp. opening passages of Coleridge's 'Christabel,' especially the seven lines beginning, 'Is the night chilly and dark?'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cp. opening passages of Coleridge's 'Christabel,' especially the seven lines beginning, 'Is the night chilly and dark?'
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Cp. opening passages of Coleridge's 'Christabel,' especially the seven lines beginning, 'Is the night chilly and dark?'
serving to describe or inform or characterized by description
From this reading The skilful descriptive touches of this stanza are noteworthy.
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading Cp. opening passages of Coleridge's 'Christabel,' especially the seven lines beginning, 'Is the night chilly and dark?'
in a grim implacable manner
From this reading Grimly is not unknown as a poetical adj.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Cp. opening passages of Coleridge's 'Christabel,' especially the seven lines beginning, 'Is the night chilly and dark?'
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading Stanza XXI. line 440.
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading Cp. opening passages of Coleridge's 'Christabel,' especially the seven lines beginning, 'Is the night chilly and dark?'
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Cp. opening passages of Coleridge's 'Christabel,' especially the seven lines beginning, 'Is the night chilly and dark?'
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Grimly is not unknown as a poetical adj.
worthy of attention because interesting, significant, or unusual
From this reading The skilful descriptive touches of this stanza are noteworthy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The skilful descriptive touches of this stanza are noteworthy.
an open or empty space in or between things
From this reading Cp. opening passages of Coleridge's 'Christabel,' especially the seven lines beginning, 'Is the night chilly and dark?'
plural of “passage” — the act of passing from one state or place to the next
From this reading Cp. opening passages of Coleridge's 'Christabel,' especially the seven lines beginning, 'Is the night chilly and dark?'
of or relating to poetry
From this reading Grimly is not unknown as a poetical adj.
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading Cp. opening passages of Coleridge's 'Christabel,' especially the seven lines beginning, 'Is the night chilly and dark?'
having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
From this reading The skilful descriptive touches of this stanza are noteworthy.
a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
From this reading Stanza XIX.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The skilful descriptive touches of this stanza are noteworthy.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The skilful descriptive touches of this stanza are noteworthy.
plural of “touch” — the event of something coming in contact with the body
From this reading The skilful descriptive touches of this stanza are noteworthy.
not known
From this reading Grimly is not unknown as a poetical adj.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one
From this reading Stanza XIX.
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one
From this reading Stanza XXI. line 440.
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