Chapter 73 of The Coquette is here in full — 48 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 73 of The Coquette is here in full — 48 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TO MR. CHARLES DEIGHTON. HARTFORD. Confusion, horror, and despair are the portion of your wretched, unhappy friend. O Deighton, I am undone.
Chapter 73 of The Coquette is here in full — 48 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/9 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
From this reading “Confusion, horror, and despair are the portion of your wretched, unhappy friend.”
a state in which all hope is lost or absent
From this reading “Confusion, horror, and despair are the portion of your wretched, unhappy friend.”
the state capital of Connecticut; located in central Connecticut on the Connecticut river; a center of the insurance business
From this reading “HARTFORD.”
intense and profound fear
From this reading “Confusion, horror, and despair are the portion of your wretched, unhappy friend.”
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading “Confusion, horror, and despair are the portion of your wretched, unhappy friend.”
not done
From this reading “O Deighton, I am undone.”
experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
From this reading “Confusion, horror, and despair are the portion of your wretched, unhappy friend.”
of very poor quality or condition
From this reading “Confusion, horror, and despair are the portion of your wretched, unhappy friend.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading O Deighton, I am undone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Confusion, horror, and despair are the portion of your wretched, unhappy friend.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Confusion, horror, and despair are the portion of your wretched, unhappy friend.
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading CHARLES DEIGHTON.
disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
From this reading Confusion, horror, and despair are the portion of your wretched, unhappy friend.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CHARLES DEIGHTON.
a state in which all hope is lost or absent
From this reading Confusion, horror, and despair are the portion of your wretched, unhappy friend.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Confusion, horror, and despair are the portion of your wretched, unhappy friend.
the state capital of Connecticut; located in central Connecticut on the Connecticut river; a center of the insurance business
From this reading HARTFORD.
intense and profound fear
From this reading Confusion, horror, and despair are the portion of your wretched, unhappy friend.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading O Deighton, I am undone.
a form of address for a man
From this reading TO MR.
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 Deighton, I am undone.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Confusion, horror, and despair are the portion of your wretched, unhappy friend.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading Confusion, horror, and despair are the portion of your wretched, unhappy friend.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Confusion, horror, and despair are the portion of your wretched, unhappy friend.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TO MR.
not done
From this reading O Deighton, I am undone.
experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
From this reading Confusion, horror, and despair are the portion of your wretched, unhappy friend.
of very poor quality or condition
From this reading Confusion, horror, and despair are the portion of your wretched, unhappy friend.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Confusion, horror, and despair are the portion of your wretched, unhappy friend.
Chapter 73 of The Coquette by Hannah Webster Foster holds 48 sentences, grouped into 10 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 73 holds 48 sentences of The Coquette, unabridged, divided into 10 reading sections.
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