Chapter 67 of The Coquette is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 67 of The Coquette is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TO MRS. LUCY SUMNER. HARTFORD. O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart. Eliza--O, the ruined, lost Eliza!
Chapter 67 of The Coquette is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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intending or showing kindness
From this reading “O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.”
the state capital of Connecticut; located in central Connecticut on the Connecticut river; a center of the insurance business
From this reading “HARTFORD.”
any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
From this reading “O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.”
go at a rack
From this reading “O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.”
mental responsiveness and awareness
From this reading “O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.”
United States sociologist (1840-1910)
From this reading “LUCY SUMNER.”
-ing form of “sympathize” — share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of
From this reading “O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.”
develop or come to a promising stage
From this reading “O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.”
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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 O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
intending or showing kindness
From this reading O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
From this reading O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
psychological suffering
From this reading O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Eliza--O, the ruined, lost Eliza!
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
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 O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading Eliza--O, the ruined, lost Eliza!
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 O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
From this reading O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
From this reading O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
go at a rack
From this reading O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
tear or be torn violently
From this reading O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
destroyed physically or morally
From this reading Eliza--O, the ruined, lost Eliza!
mental responsiveness and awareness
From this reading O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
United States sociologist (1840-1910)
From this reading LUCY SUMNER.
-ing form of “sympathize” — share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of
From this reading O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TO MRS.
develop or come to a promising stage
From this reading O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
to an inexpressible degree
From this reading O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading O my friend, I have a tale to unfold--a tale which will rend every nerve of sympathizing pity, which will rack the breast of sensibility, and unspeakably distress your benevolent heart.
Chapter 67 of The Coquette by Hannah Webster Foster holds 148 sentences, grouped into 30 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 67 holds 148 sentences of The Coquette, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
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