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Chapter 8 of Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Young man, O must I tell!—My husband’s! And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.” —“Madam, that you are a widow wakes my wonder!” “O wait! For last month I—remarried!
Chapter 8 of Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the specified day of the month
From this reading “And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.””
plural of “heir” — a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
From this reading “And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.””
possessive form of “husband” — a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
inflected form of “remarry” — marry, not for the first time
From this reading “For last month I—remarried!”
-ing form of “state” — express in words
From this reading “And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.””
void of intelligence or thought
From this reading “And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.””
plural of “wake” — the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
From this reading “—“Madam, that you are a widow wakes my wonder!””
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading “—“Madam, that you are a widow wakes my wonder!””
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading —“Madam, that you are a widow wakes my wonder!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading —“Madam, that you are a widow wakes my wonder!”
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.”
the specified day of the month
From this reading And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.”
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.”
steadfast in affection or allegiance
From this reading And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.”
make full, also in a metaphorical sense
From this reading And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For last month I—remarried!
plural of “heir” — a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
From this reading And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.”
possessive form of “husband” — a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “Young man, O must I tell!—My husband’s!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Young man, O must I tell!—My husband’s!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.”
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.”
immediately past
From this reading And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.”
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.”
a woman of refinement
From this reading —“Madam, that you are a widow wakes my wonder!”
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “Young man, O must I tell!—My husband’s!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.”
one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading For last month I—remarried!
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Young man, O must I tell!—My husband’s!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Young man, O must I tell!—My husband’s!
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.”
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading “Young man, O must I tell!—My husband’s!
inflected form of “remarry” — marry, not for the first time
From this reading For last month I—remarried!
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.”
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.”
-ing form of “state” — express in words
From this reading And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.”
express in words
From this reading “Young man, O must I tell!—My husband’s!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading —“Madam, that you are a widow wakes my wonder!”
up to a particular time
From this reading And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.”
void of intelligence or thought
From this reading And under His name I set mine, and my _death_!— Its date left vacant till my heirs should fill it, Stating me faithful till my last breath.”
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “O wait!
plural of “wake” — the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
From this reading —“Madam, that you are a widow wakes my wonder!”
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading —“Madam, that you are a widow wakes my wonder!”
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading —“Madam, that you are a widow wakes my wonder!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading —“Madam, that you are a widow wakes my wonder!”
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading “Young man, O must I tell!—My husband’s!
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