Chapter 51 of The Coquette is here in full — 42 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 51 of The Coquette is here in full — 42 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TO MRS. LUCY SUMNER. HARTFORD. My Julia Granby has arrived. She is all that I once was--easy, sprightly, _debonnaire_.
Chapter 51 of The Coquette is here in full — 42 sentences across 9 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.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading “My Julia Granby has arrived.”
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading “She is all that I once was--easy, sprightly, _debonnaire_.”
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.”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “TO MRS.”
on one occasion
From this reading “She is all that I once was--easy, sprightly, _debonnaire_.”
full of spirit and vitality
From this reading “She is all that I once was--easy, sprightly, _debonnaire_.”
United States sociologist (1840-1910)
From this reading “LUCY SUMNER.”
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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 She is all that I once was--easy, sprightly, _debonnaire_.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading My Julia Granby has arrived.
having a sophisticated charm
From this reading She is all that I once was--easy, sprightly, _debonnaire_.
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading She is all that I once was--easy, sprightly, _debonnaire_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My Julia Granby has arrived.
the state capital of Connecticut; located in central Connecticut on the Connecticut river; a center of the insurance business
From this reading HARTFORD.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My Julia Granby has arrived.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading She is all that I once was--easy, sprightly, _debonnaire_.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She is all that I once was--easy, sprightly, _debonnaire_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My Julia Granby has arrived.
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading LUCY SUMNER.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading TO MRS.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My Julia Granby has arrived.
on one occasion
From this reading She is all that I once was--easy, sprightly, _debonnaire_.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She is all that I once was--easy, sprightly, _debonnaire_.
full of spirit and vitality
From this reading She is all that I once was--easy, sprightly, _debonnaire_.
United States sociologist (1840-1910)
From this reading LUCY SUMNER.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She is all that I once was--easy, sprightly, _debonnaire_.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TO MRS.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She is all that I once was--easy, sprightly, _debonnaire_.
Chapter 51 of The Coquette by Hannah Webster Foster holds 42 sentences, grouped into 9 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 51 holds 42 sentences of The Coquette, unabridged, divided into 9 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 51 of The Coquette by Hannah Webster Foster exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 42 sentences, grouped into 9 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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