Chapter 59 of Posthumous Works of the Author of is here in full — 31 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 59 of Posthumous Works of the Author of is here in full — 31 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
August 26. I ARRIVED here last night, and with the most exquisite delight, once more pressed my babe to my heart. We shall part no more. You perhaps cannot conceive the pleasure it gave me, to see her run about, and play alone. Her increasing intelligence attaches me more and more to her.
Chapter 59 of Posthumous Works of the Author of is here in full — 31 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “attache” — a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission
From this reading “Her increasing intelligence attaches me more and more to her.”
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading “August 26.”
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading “I ARRIVED here last night, and with the most exquisite delight, once more pressed my babe to my heart.”
have the idea for
From this reading “You perhaps cannot conceive the pleasure it gave me, to see her run about, and play alone.”
intense or sharp
From this reading “I ARRIVED here last night, and with the most exquisite delight, once more pressed my babe to my heart.”
becoming greater or larger
From this reading “Her increasing intelligence attaches me more and more to her.”
the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
From this reading “Her increasing intelligence attaches me more and more to her.”
compacted by ironing
From this reading “I ARRIVED here last night, and with the most exquisite delight, once more pressed my babe to my heart.”
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From this reading August 26.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading You perhaps cannot conceive the pleasure it gave me, to see her run about, and play alone.
Having no one else present.
From this reading You perhaps cannot conceive the pleasure it gave me, to see her run about, and play alone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I ARRIVED here last night, and with the most exquisite delight, once more pressed my babe to my heart.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading I ARRIVED here last night, and with the most exquisite delight, once more pressed my babe to my heart.
plural of “attache” — a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission
From this reading Her increasing intelligence attaches me more and more to her.
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading August 26.
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading I ARRIVED here last night, and with the most exquisite delight, once more pressed my babe to my heart.
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From this reading You perhaps cannot conceive the pleasure it gave me, to see her run about, and play alone.
have the idea for
From this reading You perhaps cannot conceive the pleasure it gave me, to see her run about, and play alone.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading I ARRIVED here last night, and with the most exquisite delight, once more pressed my babe to my heart.
intense or sharp
From this reading I ARRIVED here last night, and with the most exquisite delight, once more pressed my babe to my heart.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading You perhaps cannot conceive the pleasure it gave me, to see her run about, and play alone.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading I ARRIVED here last night, and with the most exquisite delight, once more pressed my babe to my heart.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading You perhaps cannot conceive the pleasure it gave me, to see her run about, and play alone.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading I ARRIVED here last night, and with the most exquisite delight, once more pressed my babe to my heart.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I ARRIVED here last night, and with the most exquisite delight, once more pressed my babe to my heart.
becoming greater or larger
From this reading Her increasing intelligence attaches me more and more to her.
the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
From this reading Her increasing intelligence attaches me more and more to her.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You perhaps cannot conceive the pleasure it gave me, to see her run about, and play alone.
immediately past
From this reading I ARRIVED here last night, and with the most exquisite delight, once more pressed my babe to my heart.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You perhaps cannot conceive the pleasure it gave me, to see her run about, and play alone.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading I ARRIVED here last night, and with the most exquisite delight, once more pressed my babe to my heart.
used to form the superlative
From this reading I ARRIVED here last night, and with the most exquisite delight, once more pressed my babe to my heart.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I ARRIVED here last night, and with the most exquisite delight, once more pressed my babe to my heart.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading I ARRIVED here last night, and with the most exquisite delight, once more pressed my babe to my heart.
not any; not one
From this reading We shall part no more.
on one occasion
From this reading I ARRIVED here last night, and with the most exquisite delight, once more pressed my babe to my heart.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading We shall part no more.
by chance
From this reading You perhaps cannot conceive the pleasure it gave me, to see her run about, and play alone.
participate in games or sport
From this reading You perhaps cannot conceive the pleasure it gave me, to see her run about, and play alone.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading You perhaps cannot conceive the pleasure it gave me, to see her run about, and play alone.
compacted by ironing
From this reading I ARRIVED here last night, and with the most exquisite delight, once more pressed my babe to my heart.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading You perhaps cannot conceive the pleasure it gave me, to see her run about, and play alone.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading You perhaps cannot conceive the pleasure it gave me, to see her run about, and play alone.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading We shall part no more.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I ARRIVED here last night, and with the most exquisite delight, once more pressed my babe to my heart.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I ARRIVED here last night, and with the most exquisite delight, once more pressed my babe to my heart.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We shall part no more.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I ARRIVED here last night, and with the most exquisite delight, once more pressed my babe to my heart.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You perhaps cannot conceive the pleasure it gave me, to see her run about, and play alone.
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