Chapter 19 of Satanstoe is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Satanstoe is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Virtue, how frail it is! Friendship, too rare! Love, how it sells poor bliss For proud despair! But we, though soon they fall, Survive their joy, and all Which ours we call. SHELLEY.
Chapter 19 of Satanstoe is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a state of extreme happiness
From this reading “Love, how it sells poor bliss For proud despair!”
physically weak
From this reading “Virtue, how frail it is!”
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading “But we, though soon they fall, Survive their joy, and all Which ours we call.”
not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
From this reading “Friendship, too rare!”
plural of “sell” — the activity of persuading someone to buy
From this reading “Love, how it sells poor bliss For proud despair!”
English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)
From this reading “SHELLEY.”
continue to live and avoid dying
From this reading “But we, though soon they fall, Survive their joy, and all Which ours we call.”
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading “Virtue, how frail it is!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 But we, though soon they fall, Survive their joy, and all Which ours we call.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But we, though soon they fall, Survive their joy, and all Which ours we call.
a state of extreme happiness
From this reading Love, how it sells poor bliss For proud despair!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But we, though soon they fall, Survive their joy, and all Which ours we call.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading But we, though soon they fall, Survive their joy, and all Which ours we call.
a state in which all hope is lost or absent
From this reading Love, how it sells poor bliss For proud despair!
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading But we, though soon they fall, Survive their joy, and all Which ours we call.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Love, how it sells poor bliss For proud despair!
physically weak
From this reading Virtue, how frail it is!
the state of being friends (or friendly)
From this reading Friendship, too rare!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Virtue, how frail it is!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Virtue, how frail it is!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Virtue, how frail it is!
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading But we, though soon they fall, Survive their joy, and all Which ours we call.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Love, how it sells poor bliss For proud despair!
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading But we, though soon they fall, Survive their joy, and all Which ours we call.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Love, how it sells poor bliss For proud despair!
feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
From this reading Love, how it sells poor bliss For proud despair!
not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
From this reading Friendship, too rare!
plural of “sell” — the activity of persuading someone to buy
From this reading Love, how it sells poor bliss For proud despair!
English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)
From this reading SHELLEY.
in the near future
From this reading But we, though soon they fall, Survive their joy, and all Which ours we call.
continue to live and avoid dying
From this reading But we, though soon they fall, Survive their joy, and all Which ours we call.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading But we, though soon they fall, Survive their joy, and all Which ours we call.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But we, though soon they fall, Survive their joy, and all Which ours we call.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading But we, though soon they fall, Survive their joy, and all Which ours we call.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Friendship, too rare!
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading Virtue, how frail it is!
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading But we, though soon they fall, Survive their joy, and all Which ours we call.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But we, though soon they fall, Survive their joy, and all Which ours we call.
Chapter 19 of Satanstoe by James Fenimore Cooper holds 210 sentences, grouped into 42 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 19 holds 210 sentences of Satanstoe, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of Satanstoe by James Fenimore Cooper exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 210 sentences, grouped into 42 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.
Work through the 42 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 42 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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About 576 minutes of reading across 1384 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Satanstoe section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Satanstoe, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
