Chapter 2 of Mary Seaham: A Novel. Volume 3 of 3 is here in full — 44 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Mary Seaham: A Novel. Volume 3 of 3 is here in full — 44 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Tell us, maiden, hast thou found him Thus delicious, thus divine? Doth such witchery breathe around him? Is his spirit so benign? Doth he shed o'er heart and brain More of pleasure or of pain? MOULTRIE.
Chapter 2 of Mary Seaham: A Novel. Volume 3 of 3 is here in full — 44 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor)
From this reading “Is his spirit so benign?”
draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
From this reading “Doth such witchery breathe around him?”
greatly pleasing or entertaining
From this reading “Tell us, maiden, hast thou found him Thus delicious, thus divine?”
emanating from God
From this reading “Tell us, maiden, hast thou found him Thus delicious, thus divine?”
an old form of “does”
From this reading “Doth such witchery breathe around him?”
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Tell us, maiden, hast thou found him Thus delicious, thus divine?”
an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
From this reading “Tell us, maiden, hast thou found him Thus delicious, thus divine?”
get rid of
From this reading “Doth he shed o'er heart and brain More of pleasure or of pain?”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Doth he shed o'er heart and brain More of pleasure or of pain?
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Doth such witchery breathe around him?
not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor)
From this reading Is his spirit so benign?
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading Doth he shed o'er heart and brain More of pleasure or of pain?
draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
From this reading Doth such witchery breathe around him?
greatly pleasing or entertaining
From this reading Tell us, maiden, hast thou found him Thus delicious, thus divine?
emanating from God
From this reading Tell us, maiden, hast thou found him Thus delicious, thus divine?
an old form of “does”
From this reading Doth such witchery breathe around him?
set up or found
From this reading Tell us, maiden, hast thou found him Thus delicious, thus divine?
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading Tell us, maiden, hast thou found him Thus delicious, thus divine?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Doth he shed o'er heart and brain More of pleasure or of pain?
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Doth he shed o'er heart and brain More of pleasure or of pain?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Tell us, maiden, hast thou found him Thus delicious, thus divine?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Is his spirit so benign?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is his spirit so benign?
an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
From this reading Tell us, maiden, hast thou found him Thus delicious, thus divine?
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Doth he shed o'er heart and brain More of pleasure or of pain?
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From this reading MOULTRIE.
throughout a period of time
From this reading Doth he shed o'er heart and brain More of pleasure or of pain?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Doth he shed o'er heart and brain More of pleasure or of pain?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Doth he shed o'er heart and brain More of pleasure or of pain?
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading Doth he shed o'er heart and brain More of pleasure or of pain?
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading Doth he shed o'er heart and brain More of pleasure or of pain?
get rid of
From this reading Doth he shed o'er heart and brain More of pleasure or of pain?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Is his spirit so benign?
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading Is his spirit so benign?
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Doth such witchery breathe around him?
express in words
From this reading Tell us, maiden, hast thou found him Thus delicious, thus divine?
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Tell us, maiden, hast thou found him Thus delicious, thus divine?
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading Tell us, maiden, hast thou found him Thus delicious, thus divine?
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Tell us, maiden, hast thou found him Thus delicious, thus divine?
the art of sorcery
From this reading Doth such witchery breathe around him?
Chapter 2 of Mary Seaham: A Novel. Volume 3 of 3 by Mrs. (Elizabeth Caroline) Grey holds 44 sentences, grouped into 9 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 2 holds 44 sentences of Mary Seaham: A Novel. Volume 3 of 3, unabridged, divided into 9 reading sections.
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