Chapter 24 of The Coquette is here in full — 25 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of The Coquette is here in full — 25 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TO MRS. LUCY SUMNER. HARTFORD. I am extremely depressed, my dear Lucy. The agitating scenes through which I have lately passed have broken my spirits, and rendered me unfit for society.
Chapter 24 of The Coquette is here in full — 25 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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causing or tending to cause anger or resentment
From this reading “The agitating scenes through which I have lately passed have broken my spirits, and rendered me unfit for society.”
lower than previously
From this reading “I am extremely depressed, my dear Lucy.”
the state capital of Connecticut; located in central Connecticut on the Connecticut river; a center of the insurance business
From this reading “HARTFORD.”
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “LUCY SUMNER.”
past form of “render” — cause to become
From this reading “The agitating scenes through which I have lately passed have broken my spirits, and rendered me unfit for society.”
plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs
From this reading “The agitating scenes through which I have lately passed have broken my spirits, and rendered me unfit for society.”
United States sociologist (1840-1910)
From this reading “LUCY SUMNER.”
below the required standards for a purpose
From this reading “The agitating scenes through which I have lately passed have broken my spirits, and rendered me unfit for society.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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causing or tending to cause anger or resentment
From this reading The agitating scenes through which I have lately passed have broken my spirits, and rendered me unfit for society.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am extremely depressed, my dear Lucy.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The agitating scenes through which I have lately passed have broken my spirits, and rendered me unfit for society.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading The agitating scenes through which I have lately passed have broken my spirits, and rendered me unfit for society.
dearly loved
From this reading I am extremely depressed, my dear Lucy.
lower than previously
From this reading I am extremely depressed, my dear Lucy.
to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect
From this reading I am extremely depressed, my dear Lucy.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The agitating scenes through which I have lately passed have broken my spirits, and rendered me unfit for society.
the state capital of Connecticut; located in central Connecticut on the Connecticut river; a center of the insurance business
From this reading HARTFORD.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The agitating scenes through which I have lately passed have broken my spirits, and rendered me unfit for society.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am extremely depressed, my dear Lucy.
in the recent past
From this reading The agitating scenes through which I have lately passed have broken my spirits, and rendered me unfit for society.
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading LUCY SUMNER.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The agitating scenes through which I have lately passed have broken my spirits, and rendered me unfit for society.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading TO MRS.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I am extremely depressed, my dear Lucy.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading The agitating scenes through which I have lately passed have broken my spirits, and rendered me unfit for society.
past form of “render” — cause to become
From this reading The agitating scenes through which I have lately passed have broken my spirits, and rendered me unfit for society.
plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs
From this reading The agitating scenes through which I have lately passed have broken my spirits, and rendered me unfit for society.
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading The agitating scenes through which I have lately passed have broken my spirits, and rendered me unfit for society.
an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
From this reading The agitating scenes through which I have lately passed have broken my spirits, and rendered me unfit for society.
United States sociologist (1840-1910)
From this reading LUCY SUMNER.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The agitating scenes through which I have lately passed have broken my spirits, and rendered me unfit for society.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The agitating scenes through which I have lately passed have broken my spirits, and rendered me unfit for society.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TO MRS.
below the required standards for a purpose
From this reading The agitating scenes through which I have lately passed have broken my spirits, and rendered me unfit for society.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The agitating scenes through which I have lately passed have broken my spirits, and rendered me unfit for society.
Chapter 24 of The Coquette by Hannah Webster Foster holds 25 sentences, grouped into 5 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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