Chapter XXIX of Peggy Owen at Yorktown, ““I Shall Not Say Good-Bye”,” is here in full — 234 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXIX
Chapter XXIX of Peggy Owen at Yorktown, ““I Shall Not Say Good-Bye”,” is here in full — 234 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“How beautiful is death when earned by virtue! Who would not sleep with those? What pity is it That we can die but once to save our country.” —Addison’s Cato. “He is to die at sunrise.”
Chapter XXIX of Peggy Owen at Yorktown, ““I Shall Not Say Good-Bye”,” is here in full — 234 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/46 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading ““How beautiful is death when earned by virtue!”
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “What pity is it That we can die but once to save our country.””
gained or acquired; especially through merit or as a result of effort or action
From this reading ““How beautiful is death when earned by virtue!”
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
From this reading “What pity is it That we can die but once to save our country.””
except for; apart from
From this reading “What pity is it That we can die but once to save our country.””
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading “Who would not sleep with those?”
the first light of day
From this reading ““He is to die at sunrise.””
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading ““How beautiful is death when earned by virtue!”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading ““He is to die at sunrise.””
In this reading ““How beautiful is death when earned by virtue!”
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.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading —Addison’s Cato.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “He is to die at sunrise.”
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “How beautiful is death when earned by virtue!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading What pity is it That we can die but once to save our country.”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “How beautiful is death when earned by virtue!
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading What pity is it That we can die but once to save our country.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading —Addison’s Cato.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading What pity is it That we can die but once to save our country.”
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading “How beautiful is death when earned by virtue!
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading What pity is it That we can die but once to save our country.”
gained or acquired; especially through merit or as a result of effort or action
From this reading “How beautiful is death when earned by virtue!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He is to die at sunrise.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How beautiful is death when earned by virtue!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “How beautiful is death when earned by virtue!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading What pity is it That we can die but once to save our country.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Who would not sleep with those?
on one occasion
From this reading What pity is it That we can die but once to save our country.”
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading What pity is it That we can die but once to save our country.”
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
From this reading What pity is it That we can die but once to save our country.”
except for; apart from
From this reading What pity is it That we can die but once to save our country.”
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading Who would not sleep with those?
the first light of day
From this reading “He is to die at sunrise.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What pity is it That we can die but once to save our country.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Who would not sleep with those?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What pity is it That we can die but once to save our country.”
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading “How beautiful is death when earned by virtue!
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading What pity is it That we can die but once to save our country.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What pity is it That we can die but once to save our country.”
at the time that
From this reading “How beautiful is death when earned by virtue!
which person or people
From this reading Who would not sleep with those?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Who would not sleep with those?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Who would not sleep with those?
Chapter 29 of Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Lucy Foster Madison holds 234 sentences, grouped into 47 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 29 holds 234 sentences of Peggy Owen at Yorktown, unabridged, divided into 47 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 29 of Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Lucy Foster Madison exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 234 sentences, grouped into 47 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 47 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 47 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 29 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Lucy Foster Madison on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 5331 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #36744 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #36744, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 444 minutes of reading across 1067 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Peggy Owen at Yorktown section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 32 chapters of Peggy Owen at Yorktown to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Peggy Owen at Yorktown, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
