Chapter 8 of Satire in the Victorian novel is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of Satire in the Victorian novel is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE VICTORIAN CONTRIBUTION The cumulative inheritance. Recent change in form from heroic couplet to prose fiction. Progressive change in substance from hypocritical to sentimental side of deceit. Seen in institutions as well as in types of character. Science and democracy the most influential factors.
Chapter 8 of Satire in the Victorian novel is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
From this reading “THE VICTORIAN CONTRIBUTION The cumulative inheritance.”
increasing by successive addition
From this reading “THE VICTORIAN CONTRIBUTION The cumulative inheritance.”
The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth.
From this reading “Progressive change in substance from hypocritical to sentimental side of deceit.”
plural of “factor” — anything that contributes causally to a result
From this reading “Science and democracy the most influential factors.”
professing feelings or virtues one does not have
From this reading “Progressive change in substance from hypocritical to sentimental side of deceit.”
having or exercising influence or power
From this reading “Science and democracy the most influential factors.”
favoring or promoting progress
From this reading “Progressive change in substance from hypocritical to sentimental side of deceit.”
of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled
From this reading “THE VICTORIAN CONTRIBUTION The cumulative inheritance.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Science and democracy the most influential factors.”
In this reading “Recent change in form from heroic couplet to prose fiction.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Science and democracy the most influential factors.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Seen in institutions as well as in types of character.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading Recent change in form from heroic couplet to prose fiction.
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading Seen in institutions as well as in types of character.
the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
From this reading THE VICTORIAN CONTRIBUTION The cumulative inheritance.
two items of the same kind
From this reading Recent change in form from heroic couplet to prose fiction.
increasing by successive addition
From this reading THE VICTORIAN CONTRIBUTION The cumulative inheritance.
The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth.
From this reading Progressive change in substance from hypocritical to sentimental side of deceit.
the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
From this reading Science and democracy the most influential factors.
plural of “factor” — anything that contributes causally to a result
From this reading Science and democracy the most influential factors.
a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
From this reading Recent change in form from heroic couplet to prose fiction.
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading Recent change in form from heroic couplet to prose fiction.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Recent change in form from heroic couplet to prose fiction.
very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)
From this reading Recent change in form from heroic couplet to prose fiction.
professing feelings or virtues one does not have
From this reading Progressive change in substance from hypocritical to sentimental side of deceit.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Recent change in form from heroic couplet to prose fiction.
having or exercising influence or power
From this reading Science and democracy the most influential factors.
hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
From this reading THE VICTORIAN CONTRIBUTION The cumulative inheritance.
plural of “institution” — an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
From this reading Seen in institutions as well as in types of character.
used to form the superlative
From this reading Science and democracy the most influential factors.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Progressive change in substance from hypocritical to sentimental side of deceit.
favoring or promoting progress
From this reading Progressive change in substance from hypocritical to sentimental side of deceit.
ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
From this reading Recent change in form from heroic couplet to prose fiction.
new
From this reading Recent change in form from heroic couplet to prose fiction.
a particular branch of scientific knowledge
From this reading Science and democracy the most influential factors.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Seen in institutions as well as in types of character.
given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality
From this reading Progressive change in substance from hypocritical to sentimental side of deceit.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Progressive change in substance from hypocritical to sentimental side of deceit.
the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
From this reading Progressive change in substance from hypocritical to sentimental side of deceit.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE VICTORIAN CONTRIBUTION The cumulative inheritance.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Recent change in form from heroic couplet to prose fiction.
plural of “type” — a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
From this reading Seen in institutions as well as in types of character.
of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled
From this reading THE VICTORIAN CONTRIBUTION The cumulative inheritance.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Seen in institutions as well as in types of character.
Chapter 8 of Satire in the Victorian novel by Frances Theresa Russell holds 12 sentences, grouped into 3 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.
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