Chapter 35 of Recollections of a chaperon is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 35 of Recollections of a chaperon is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Shall then, in earnest truth, My careful eyes observe her? Shall I consume my youth, And short my time to serve her? Shall I beyond my strength, Let passion’s torments prove me, To hear her say at length “Away,—I cannot love thee!” GEORGE WITHER.—A.D. 1588.
Chapter 35 of Recollections of a chaperon is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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exercising caution or showing care or attention
From this reading “Shall then, in earnest truth, My careful eyes observe her?”
eat up completely, as with great appetite
From this reading “Shall I consume my youth, And short my time to serve her?”
characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
From this reading “Shall then, in earnest truth, My careful eyes observe her?”
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
From this reading “Shall then, in earnest truth, My careful eyes observe her?”
be shown or be found to be
From this reading “Shall I beyond my strength, Let passion’s torments prove me, To hear her say at length “Away,—I cannot love thee!””
serve a purpose, role, or function
From this reading “Shall I consume my youth, And short my time to serve her?”
plural of “torment” — unbearable physical pain
From this reading “Shall I beyond my strength, Let passion’s torments prove me, To hear her say at length “Away,—I cannot love thee!””
wither, as with a loss of moisture
From this reading “GEORGE WITHER.—A.D.”
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in a lengthy or prolix manner
In this reading “Shall I beyond my strength, Let passion’s torments prove me, To hear her say at length “Away,—I cannot love thee!””
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From this reading 1588.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading GEORGE WITHER.—A.D.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Shall I consume my youth, And short my time to serve her?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Shall I beyond my strength, Let passion’s torments prove me, To hear her say at length “Away,—I cannot love thee!”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Shall I beyond my strength, Let passion’s torments prove me, To hear her say at length “Away,—I cannot love thee!”
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Shall I beyond my strength, Let passion’s torments prove me, To hear her say at length “Away,—I cannot love thee!”
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From this reading Shall I beyond my strength, Let passion’s torments prove me, To hear her say at length “Away,—I cannot love thee!”
exercising caution or showing care or attention
From this reading Shall then, in earnest truth, My careful eyes observe her?
eat up completely, as with great appetite
From this reading Shall I consume my youth, And short my time to serve her?
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading GEORGE WITHER.—A.D.
characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
From this reading Shall then, in earnest truth, My careful eyes observe her?
opinion or judgment
From this reading Shall then, in earnest truth, My careful eyes observe her?
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading GEORGE WITHER.—A.D.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Shall I beyond my strength, Let passion’s torments prove me, To hear her say at length “Away,—I cannot love thee!”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Shall then, in earnest truth, My careful eyes observe her?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Shall I consume my youth, And short my time to serve her?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Shall then, in earnest truth, My careful eyes observe her?
the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
From this reading Shall I beyond my strength, Let passion’s torments prove me, To hear her say at length “Away,—I cannot love thee!”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Shall I beyond my strength, Let passion’s torments prove me, To hear her say at length “Away,—I cannot love thee!”
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Shall I beyond my strength, Let passion’s torments prove me, To hear her say at length “Away,—I cannot love thee!”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Shall I beyond my strength, Let passion’s torments prove me, To hear her say at length “Away,—I cannot love thee!”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Shall then, in earnest truth, My careful eyes observe her?
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
From this reading Shall then, in earnest truth, My careful eyes observe her?
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From this reading Shall I beyond my strength, Let passion’s torments prove me, To hear her say at length “Away,—I cannot love thee!”
be shown or be found to be
From this reading Shall I beyond my strength, Let passion’s torments prove me, To hear her say at length “Away,—I cannot love thee!”
express in words
From this reading Shall I beyond my strength, Let passion’s torments prove me, To hear her say at length “Away,—I cannot love thee!”
serve a purpose, role, or function
From this reading Shall I consume my youth, And short my time to serve her?
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Shall then, in earnest truth, My careful eyes observe her?
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading Shall I consume my youth, And short my time to serve her?
the property of being physically or mentally strong
From this reading Shall I beyond my strength, Let passion’s torments prove me, To hear her say at length “Away,—I cannot love thee!”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Shall I beyond my strength, Let passion’s torments prove me, To hear her say at length “Away,—I cannot love thee!”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Shall then, in earnest truth, My careful eyes observe her?
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Shall I consume my youth, And short my time to serve her?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Shall I consume my youth, And short my time to serve her?
plural of “torment” — unbearable physical pain
From this reading Shall I beyond my strength, Let passion’s torments prove me, To hear her say at length “Away,—I cannot love thee!”
a fact that has been verified
From this reading Shall then, in earnest truth, My careful eyes observe her?
wither, as with a loss of moisture
From this reading GEORGE WITHER.—A.D.
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading Shall I consume my youth, And short my time to serve her?
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