Chapter 8 of St. Bernard's is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of St. Bernard's is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“WALKING THE HOSPITAL.” We easily forget our faults when they are known only to ourselves. —_La Rochefoucauld._ DOCTOR. Is it not natural to die? Then if a dozen or two of my patients have died under my hands, is not that natural?
Chapter 8 of St. Bernard's is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading “Then if a dozen or two of my patients have died under my hands, is not that natural?”
with ease (“easy” is sometimes used informally for “easily”)
From this reading “We easily forget our faults when they are known only to ourselves.”
plural of “fault” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “We easily forget our faults when they are known only to ourselves.”
a health facility where patients receive treatment
From this reading ““WALKING THE HOSPITAL.””
in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
From this reading “Is it not natural to die?”
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading “We easily forget our faults when they are known only to ourselves.”
plural of “patient” — a person who requires medical care
From this reading “Then if a dozen or two of my patients have died under my hands, is not that natural?”
close enough to be walked to
From this reading ““WALKING THE HOSPITAL.””
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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 Then if a dozen or two of my patients have died under my hands, is not that natural?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We easily forget our faults when they are known only to ourselves.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Is it not natural to die?
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Then if a dozen or two of my patients have died under my hands, is not that natural?
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading —_La Rochefoucauld._ DOCTOR.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading Then if a dozen or two of my patients have died under my hands, is not that natural?
with ease (“easy” is sometimes used informally for “easily”)
From this reading We easily forget our faults when they are known only to ourselves.
plural of “fault” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading We easily forget our faults when they are known only to ourselves.
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading We easily forget our faults when they are known only to ourselves.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Then if a dozen or two of my patients have died under my hands, is not that natural?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Then if a dozen or two of my patients have died under my hands, is not that natural?
a health facility where patients receive treatment
From this reading “WALKING THE HOSPITAL.”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Then if a dozen or two of my patients have died under my hands, is not that natural?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is it not natural to die?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Is it not natural to die?
apprehended with certainty
From this reading We easily forget our faults when they are known only to ourselves.
a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
From this reading —_La Rochefoucauld._ DOCTOR.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Then if a dozen or two of my patients have died under my hands, is not that natural?
in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
From this reading Is it not natural to die?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Is it not natural to die?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then if a dozen or two of my patients have died under my hands, is not that natural?
and nothing more
From this reading We easily forget our faults when they are known only to ourselves.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Then if a dozen or two of my patients have died under my hands, is not that natural?
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We easily forget our faults when they are known only to ourselves.
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading We easily forget our faults when they are known only to ourselves.
plural of “patient” — a person who requires medical care
From this reading Then if a dozen or two of my patients have died under my hands, is not that natural?
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From this reading —_La Rochefoucauld._ DOCTOR.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Then if a dozen or two of my patients have died under my hands, is not that natural?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “WALKING THE HOSPITAL.”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then if a dozen or two of my patients have died under my hands, is not that natural?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We easily forget our faults when they are known only to ourselves.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We easily forget our faults when they are known only to ourselves.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Then if a dozen or two of my patients have died under my hands, is not that natural?
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Then if a dozen or two of my patients have died under my hands, is not that natural?
close enough to be walked to
From this reading “WALKING THE HOSPITAL.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We easily forget our faults when they are known only to ourselves.
at the time that
From this reading We easily forget our faults when they are known only to ourselves.
Chapter 8 of St. Bernard's by Edward Berdoe holds 109 sentences, grouped into 22 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 8 holds 109 sentences of St. Bernard's, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of St. Bernard's by Edward Berdoe exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 109 sentences, grouped into 22 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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