Chapter 6 of Poetical Works of Robert Bridges, Volume 4 is here in full — 377 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Poetical Works of Robert Bridges, Volume 4 is here in full — 377 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Mar._ O, fatal day. ’Tis I, ’tis I have done it.— And did none see him? _Liv._ Margaret, dearest Margaret, Take courage. I have shared thy sorrow, Margaret: Cannot I comfort thee? O, sweetest Margaret, Thou dost not know my love.
Chapter 6 of Poetical Works of Robert Bridges, Volume 4 is here in full — 377 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading “_Liv._ Margaret, dearest Margaret, Take courage.”
an old form of “do”, used with “thou”
From this reading “O, sweetest Margaret, Thou dost not know my love.”
bringing death
From this reading “_Mar._ O, fatal day.”
being four more than fifty
make imperfect
have in common; held or experienced in common
From this reading “I have shared thy sorrow, Margaret: Cannot I comfort thee?”
an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
From this reading “I have shared thy sorrow, Margaret: Cannot I comfort thee?”
superlative of “sweet” — having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading “O, sweetest Margaret, Thou dost not know my love.”
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 “_Mar._ O, fatal day.”
In this reading “_Liv._ Margaret, dearest Margaret, Take courage.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ’Tis I, ’tis I have done it.— And did none see him?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have shared thy sorrow, Margaret: Cannot I comfort thee?
a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
From this reading I have shared thy sorrow, Margaret: Cannot I comfort thee?
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
From this reading _Liv._ Margaret, dearest Margaret, Take courage.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading _Mar._ O, fatal day.
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading _Liv._ Margaret, dearest Margaret, Take courage.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading ’Tis I, ’tis I have done it.— And did none see him?
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading ’Tis I, ’tis I have done it.— And did none see him?
an old form of “do”, used with “thou”
From this reading O, sweetest Margaret, Thou dost not know my love.
bringing death
From this reading _Mar._ O, fatal day.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ’Tis I, ’tis I have done it.— And did none see him?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ’Tis I, ’tis I have done it.— And did none see him?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ’Tis I, ’tis I have done it.— And did none see him?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ’Tis I, ’tis I have done it.— And did none see him?
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading O, sweetest Margaret, Thou dost not know my love.
being four more than fifty
From this reading _Liv._ Margaret, dearest Margaret, Take courage.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading O, sweetest Margaret, Thou dost not know my love.
make imperfect
From this reading _Mar._ O, fatal day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Liv._ Margaret, dearest Margaret, Take courage.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading O, sweetest Margaret, Thou dost not know my love.
not one, and not any
From this reading ’Tis I, ’tis I have done it.— And did none see him?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading O, sweetest Margaret, Thou dost not know my love.
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 _Mar._ O, fatal day.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading ’Tis I, ’tis I have done it.— And did none see him?
have in common; held or experienced in common
From this reading I have shared thy sorrow, Margaret: Cannot I comfort thee?
an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
From this reading I have shared thy sorrow, Margaret: Cannot I comfort thee?
superlative of “sweet” — having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading O, sweetest Margaret, Thou dost not know my love.
carry out
From this reading _Liv._ Margaret, dearest Margaret, Take courage.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading I have shared thy sorrow, Margaret: Cannot I comfort thee?
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading O, sweetest Margaret, Thou dost not know my love.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading I have shared thy sorrow, Margaret: Cannot I comfort thee?
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading ’Tis I, ’tis I have done it.— And did none see him?
Chapter 6 of Poetical Works of Robert Bridges, Volume 4 by Robert Bridges holds 377 sentences, grouped into 76 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 6 holds 377 sentences of Poetical Works of Robert Bridges, Volume 4, unabridged, divided into 76 reading sections.
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