Chapter XIII
“Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.
Middlemarch
Chapter XIII
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“Love
seeketh
not
itself
to
please,
Nor
for
itself
hath
any
care
But
for
another
gives
its
ease
And
builds
a
heaven
in
hell’s
despair.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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“Love
seeketh
not
itself
to
please,
Nor
for
itself
hath
any
care
But
for
another
gives
its
ease
And
builds
a
heaven
in
hell’s
despair.
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Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Another
noun
US /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.”
Hath
auxiliary verb
US /hæθ/
an old form of “has”
From this reading ““Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.”
Itself
pronoun
US /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading ““Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.”
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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.
any
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From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.
builds
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From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.
care
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From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.
despair
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From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.
ease
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From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.
gives
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From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.
hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/
an old form of “has”
From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.
heaven
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From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.
hell's
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From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.
Love
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From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.
NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.
please
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From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.
seeketh
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From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.