Chapter 7 of Richard Steele is here in full — 371 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Richard Steele is here in full — 371 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal. _Y. Book._ My mistress took me o' the sudden; I had not a day's warning. _Love._ The treat was costly though, and finely ordered. _Y. Book._ I was forced to take up with this trifle. He that wants time can't do as he would.
Chapter 7 of Richard Steele is here in full — 371 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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entailing great loss or sacrifice
From this reading “_Love._ The treat was costly though, and finely ordered.”
possessive form of “day” — time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “_Y. Book._ My mistress took me o' the sudden; I had not a day's warning.”
a ceremonial dinner party for many people
From this reading “_Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.”
in tiny pieces
From this reading “_Love._ The treat was costly though, and finely ordered.”
great merriment
From this reading “_Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.”
possessive form of “summer” — the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading “_Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.”
a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
From this reading “_Y. Book._ I was forced to take up with this trifle.”
plural of “wonder” — the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading “_Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.”
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pursue or resume
In this reading “_Y. Book._ I was forced to take up with this trifle.”
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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 _Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading _Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading _Y. Book._ My mistress took me o' the sudden; I had not a day's warning.
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From this reading _Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.
entailing great loss or sacrifice
From this reading _Love._ The treat was costly though, and finely ordered.
possessive form of “day” — time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading _Y. Book._ My mistress took me o' the sudden; I had not a day's warning.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading He that wants time can't do as he would.
be identical or equivalent to
From this reading _Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.
a ceremonial dinner party for many people
From this reading _Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.
in tiny pieces
From this reading _Love._ The treat was costly though, and finely ordered.
produced by or subjected to forcing
From this reading _Y. Book._ I was forced to take up with this trifle.
(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
From this reading _Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _Y. Book._ My mistress took me o' the sudden; I had not a day's warning.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He that wants time can't do as he would.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Y. Book._ My mistress took me o' the sudden; I had not a day's warning.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading _Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading _Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.
great merriment
From this reading _Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
From this reading _Y. Book._ My mistress took me o' the sudden; I had not a day's warning.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Y. Book._ My mistress took me o' the sudden; I had not a day's warning.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _Y. Book._ My mistress took me o' the sudden; I had not a day's warning.
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 _Y. Book._ My mistress took me o' the sudden; I had not a day's warning.
having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule
From this reading _Love._ The treat was costly though, and finely ordered.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading _Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.
not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
From this reading _Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading _Y. Book._ My mistress took me o' the sudden; I had not a day's warning.
possessive form of “summer” — the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading _Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.
carry out
From this reading _Y. Book._ I was forced to take up with this trifle.
express in words
From this reading _Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He that wants time can't do as he would.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _Y. Book._ I was forced to take up with this trifle.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading _Love._ The treat was costly though, and finely ordered.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading He that wants time can't do as he would.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Y. Book._ I was forced to take up with this trifle.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading _Y. Book._ My mistress took me o' the sudden; I had not a day's warning.
interact in a certain way
From this reading _Love._ The treat was costly though, and finely ordered.
a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
From this reading _Y. Book._ I was forced to take up with this trifle.
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading _Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading _Y. Book._ I was forced to take up with this trifle.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading He that wants time can't do as he would.
a message informing of danger
From this reading _Y. Book._ My mistress took me o' the sudden; I had not a day's warning.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Love._ The treat was costly though, and finely ordered.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading _Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.
plural of “wonder” — the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading _Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He that wants time can't do as he would.
a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys
From this reading _Y. Book._ My mistress took me o' the sudden; I had not a day's warning.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Love._ Trust me, you tell us wonders, and with a grace as rare as the feast itself, which all our summer's mirth can't equal.
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