Chapter 8 of Paul Clifford — Complete is here in full — 86 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 8 of Paul Clifford — Complete is here in full — 86 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Common Sense. What is the end of punishment as regards the individual punished? Custom. To make him better! Common Sense.
Chapter 8 of Paul Clifford — Complete is here in full — 86 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading “Common Sense.”
accepted or habitual practice
From this reading “Custom.”
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading “What is the end of punishment as regards the individual punished?”
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading “What is the end of punishment as regards the individual punished?”
subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience)
From this reading “What is the end of punishment as regards the individual punished?”
the act of punishing
From this reading “What is the end of punishment as regards the individual punished?”
plural of “regard” — (usually preceded by “in”) a detail or point
From this reading “What is the end of punishment as regards the individual punished?”
a general conscious awareness
From this reading “Common Sense.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading What is the end of punishment as regards the individual punished?
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading To make him better!
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading Common Sense.
accepted or habitual practice
From this reading Custom.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading What is the end of punishment as regards the individual punished?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading To make him better!
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading What is the end of punishment as regards the individual punished?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What is the end of punishment as regards the individual punished?
engage in
From this reading To make him better!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What is the end of punishment as regards the individual punished?
subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience)
From this reading What is the end of punishment as regards the individual punished?
the act of punishing
From this reading What is the end of punishment as regards the individual punished?
plural of “regard” — (usually preceded by “in”) a detail or point
From this reading What is the end of punishment as regards the individual punished?
a general conscious awareness
From this reading Common Sense.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What is the end of punishment as regards the individual punished?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To make him better!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What is the end of punishment as regards the individual punished?
Chapter 8 of Paul Clifford — Complete by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton holds 86 sentences, grouped into 18 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 8 holds 86 sentences of Paul Clifford — Complete, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
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