Chapter 10 of Phantastes is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Phantastes is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!
Chapter 10 of Phantastes is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Having no one else present.
From this reading ““O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!”
plural of “garment” — an article of clothing
From this reading ““O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading ““O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!”
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading ““O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!”
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading ““O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!”
get something; come into possession of
From this reading ““O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!”
cover as if with a shroud
From this reading ““O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!”
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
From this reading ““O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!”
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Having no one else present.
From this reading “O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!
plural of “garment” — an article of clothing
From this reading “O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading “O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!
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 “O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading “O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!
get something; come into possession of
From this reading “O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!
cover as if with a shroud
From this reading “O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
From this reading “O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “O lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding garments ours her shroud!
Chapter 10 of Phantastes by George MacDonald holds 109 sentences, grouped into 22 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 10 holds 109 sentences of Phantastes, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Phantastes by George MacDonald exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 109 sentences, grouped into 22 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.
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About 261 minutes of reading across 628 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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