Chapter 35 of The Coquette is here in full — 74 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 35 of The Coquette is here in full — 74 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TO MRS. LUCY SUMNER. HARTFORD. Dear madam: I have arrived in safety to the mansion of our once happy and social friends. But I cannot describe to you how changed, how greatly changed this amiable family appears since I left it.
Chapter 35 of The Coquette is here in full — 74 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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disposed to please
From this reading “But I cannot describe to you how changed, how greatly changed this amiable family appears since I left it.”
third-person singular of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “But I cannot describe to you how changed, how greatly changed this amiable family appears since I left it.”
give a description of
From this reading “But I cannot describe to you how changed, how greatly changed this amiable family appears since I left it.”
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.”
(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
From this reading “Dear madam: I have arrived in safety to the mansion of our once happy and social friends.”
the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
From this reading “Dear madam: I have arrived in safety to the mansion of our once happy and social friends.”
United States sociologist (1840-1910)
From this reading “LUCY SUMNER.”
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disposed to please
From this reading But I cannot describe to you how changed, how greatly changed this amiable family appears since I left it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dear madam: I have arrived in safety to the mansion of our once happy and social friends.
third-person singular of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading But I cannot describe to you how changed, how greatly changed this amiable family appears since I left it.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading Dear madam: I have arrived in safety to the mansion of our once happy and social friends.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I cannot describe to you how changed, how greatly changed this amiable family appears since I left it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I cannot describe to you how changed, how greatly changed this amiable family appears since I left it.
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading But I cannot describe to you how changed, how greatly changed this amiable family appears since I left it.
dearly loved
From this reading Dear madam: I have arrived in safety to the mansion of our once happy and social friends.
give a description of
From this reading But I cannot describe to you how changed, how greatly changed this amiable family appears since I left it.
a social unit living together
From this reading But I cannot describe to you how changed, how greatly changed this amiable family appears since I left it.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Dear madam: I have arrived in safety to the mansion of our once happy and social friends.
to an extraordinary extent or degree
From this reading But I cannot describe to you how changed, how greatly changed this amiable family appears since I left it.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Dear madam: I have arrived in safety to the mansion of our once happy and social friends.
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 Dear madam: I have arrived in safety to the mansion of our once happy and social friends.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I cannot describe to you how changed, how greatly changed this amiable family appears since I left it.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Dear madam: I have arrived in safety to the mansion of our once happy and social friends.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Dear madam: I have arrived in safety to the mansion of our once happy and social friends.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But I cannot describe to you how changed, how greatly changed this amiable family appears since I left it.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading But I cannot describe to you how changed, how greatly changed this amiable family appears since I left it.
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading LUCY SUMNER.
a woman of refinement
From this reading Dear madam: I have arrived in safety to the mansion of our once happy and social friends.
(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
From this reading Dear madam: I have arrived in safety to the mansion of our once happy and social friends.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading TO MRS.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Dear madam: I have arrived in safety to the mansion of our once happy and social friends.
on one occasion
From this reading Dear madam: I have arrived in safety to the mansion of our once happy and social friends.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Dear madam: I have arrived in safety to the mansion of our once happy and social friends.
the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
From this reading Dear madam: I have arrived in safety to the mansion of our once happy and social friends.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading But I cannot describe to you how changed, how greatly changed this amiable family appears since I left it.
relating to human society and its members
From this reading Dear madam: I have arrived in safety to the mansion of our once happy and social friends.
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 Dear madam: I have arrived in safety to the mansion of our once happy and social friends.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But I cannot describe to you how changed, how greatly changed this amiable family appears since I left it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TO MRS.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But I cannot describe to you how changed, how greatly changed this amiable family appears since I left it.
Chapter 35 of The Coquette by Hannah Webster Foster holds 74 sentences, grouped into 15 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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