Chapter 4 of Raphael is here in full — 474 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 4 of Raphael is here in full — 474 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LVI. What letters and what ardor! What tones and accents! What fire and purity combined, like light and transparency in a diamond, like passion and bashfulness on the brow of the young girl who loves! What powerful simplicity!
Chapter 4 of Raphael is here in full — 474 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “accent” — distinctive manner of oral expression
From this reading “What tones and accents!”
a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
From this reading “What letters and what ardor!”
feeling embarrassed due to modesty
From this reading “What fire and purity combined, like light and transparency in a diamond, like passion and bashfulness on the brow of the young girl who loves!”
made or joined or united into one
From this reading “What fire and purity combined, like light and transparency in a diamond, like passion and bashfulness on the brow of the young girl who loves!”
a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
From this reading “What fire and purity combined, like light and transparency in a diamond, like passion and bashfulness on the brow of the young girl who loves!”
being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
From this reading “What fire and purity combined, like light and transparency in a diamond, like passion and bashfulness on the brow of the young girl who loves!”
the quality of being simple or uncompounded
From this reading “What powerful simplicity!”
permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
From this reading “What fire and purity combined, like light and transparency in a diamond, like passion and bashfulness on the brow of the young girl who loves!”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading What fire and purity combined, like light and transparency in a diamond, like passion and bashfulness on the brow of the young girl who loves!
plural of “accent” — distinctive manner of oral expression
From this reading What tones and accents!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What letters and what ardor!
a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
From this reading What letters and what ardor!
feeling embarrassed due to modesty
From this reading What fire and purity combined, like light and transparency in a diamond, like passion and bashfulness on the brow of the young girl who loves!
the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading What fire and purity combined, like light and transparency in a diamond, like passion and bashfulness on the brow of the young girl who loves!
made or joined or united into one
From this reading What fire and purity combined, like light and transparency in a diamond, like passion and bashfulness on the brow of the young girl who loves!
a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
From this reading What fire and purity combined, like light and transparency in a diamond, like passion and bashfulness on the brow of the young girl who loves!
start firing a weapon
From this reading What fire and purity combined, like light and transparency in a diamond, like passion and bashfulness on the brow of the young girl who loves!
a young female
From this reading What fire and purity combined, like light and transparency in a diamond, like passion and bashfulness on the brow of the young girl who loves!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading What fire and purity combined, like light and transparency in a diamond, like passion and bashfulness on the brow of the young girl who loves!
the literary culture
From this reading What letters and what ardor!
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading What fire and purity combined, like light and transparency in a diamond, like passion and bashfulness on the brow of the young girl who loves!
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading What fire and purity combined, like light and transparency in a diamond, like passion and bashfulness on the brow of the young girl who loves!
plural of “love” — a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading What fire and purity combined, like light and transparency in a diamond, like passion and bashfulness on the brow of the young girl who loves!
being six more than fifty
From this reading LVI.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What fire and purity combined, like light and transparency in a diamond, like passion and bashfulness on the brow of the young girl who loves!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading What fire and purity combined, like light and transparency in a diamond, like passion and bashfulness on the brow of the young girl who loves!
a strong feeling or emotion
From this reading What fire and purity combined, like light and transparency in a diamond, like passion and bashfulness on the brow of the young girl who loves!
having great power or force or potency or effect
From this reading What powerful simplicity!
being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
From this reading What fire and purity combined, like light and transparency in a diamond, like passion and bashfulness on the brow of the young girl who loves!
the quality of being simple or uncompounded
From this reading What powerful simplicity!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What fire and purity combined, like light and transparency in a diamond, like passion and bashfulness on the brow of the young girl who loves!
plural of “tone” — the quality of a person's voice
From this reading What tones and accents!
permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
From this reading What fire and purity combined, like light and transparency in a diamond, like passion and bashfulness on the brow of the young girl who loves!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What letters and what ardor!
which person or people
From this reading What fire and purity combined, like light and transparency in a diamond, like passion and bashfulness on the brow of the young girl who loves!
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading What fire and purity combined, like light and transparency in a diamond, like passion and bashfulness on the brow of the young girl who loves!
Chapter 4 of Raphael by Alphonse de Lamartine holds 474 sentences, grouped into 95 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 4 holds 474 sentences of Raphael, unabridged, divided into 95 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Raphael by Alphonse de Lamartine exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 474 sentences, grouped into 95 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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