Chapter 27 of The Disowned — Complete is here in full — 284 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXVII
Chapter 27 of The Disowned — Complete is here in full — 284 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Q. Eliz.--Shall I be tempted of the devil thus? K. Rich.--Ay, if the devil tempt thee to do good. Q. Eliz.--Shall I forget myself to be myself?--SHAKSPEARE. It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower. It was a stormy and fearful night.
Chapter 27 of The Disowned — Complete is here in full — 284 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/56 · 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.
subject to appointment
From this reading “It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower.”
experiencing or showing fear
From this reading “It was a stormy and fearful night.”
low or inferior in station or quality
From this reading “It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower.”
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading “It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower.”
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading “It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower.”
(especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion
From this reading “It was a stormy and fearful night.”
dispose or incline or entice to
From this reading “K. Rich.--Ay, if the devil tempt thee to do good.”
past form of “tempt” — dispose or incline or entice to
From this reading “Q. Eliz.--Shall I be tempted of the devil thus?”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It was a stormy and fearful night.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower.
subject to appointment
From this reading It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading K. Rich.--Ay, if the devil tempt thee to do good.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Q. Eliz.--Shall I be tempted of the devil thus?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower.
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading Q. Eliz.--Shall I be tempted of the devil thus?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading K. Rich.--Ay, if the devil tempt thee to do good.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Q. Eliz.--Shall I be tempted of the devil thus?
experiencing or showing fear
From this reading It was a stormy and fearful night.
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading Q. Eliz.--Shall I forget myself to be myself?--SHAKSPEARE.
Welsh chieftain who led a revolt against Henry IV's rule in Wales (1359-1416)
From this reading It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading K. Rich.--Ay, if the devil tempt thee to do good.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower.
low or inferior in station or quality
From this reading It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Q. Eliz.--Shall I be tempted of the devil thus?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading K. Rich.--Ay, if the devil tempt thee to do good.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower.
the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading K. Rich.--Ay, if the devil tempt thee to do good.
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower.
a formally arranged gathering
From this reading It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower.
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Q. Eliz.--Shall I forget myself to be myself?--SHAKSPEARE.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading It was a stormy and fearful night.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Q. Eliz.--Shall I be tempted of the devil thus?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower.
the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet
From this reading Q. Eliz.--Shall I be tempted of the devil thus?
possessing material wealth
From this reading K. Rich.--Ay, if the devil tempt thee to do good.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Q. Eliz.--Shall I forget myself to be myself?--SHAKSPEARE.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Q. Eliz.--Shall I be tempted of the devil thus?
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower.
(especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion
From this reading It was a stormy and fearful night.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower.
dispose or incline or entice to
From this reading K. Rich.--Ay, if the devil tempt thee to do good.
past form of “tempt” — dispose or incline or entice to
From this reading Q. Eliz.--Shall I be tempted of the devil thus?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Q. Eliz.--Shall I be tempted of the devil thus?
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading K. Rich.--Ay, if the devil tempt thee to do good.
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading Q. Eliz.--Shall I be tempted of the devil thus?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading K. Rich.--Ay, if the devil tempt thee to do good.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a stormy and fearful night.
in or at the place that
From this reading It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It wanted one hour to midnight, as Crauford walked slowly to the lonely and humble street where he had appointed his meeting with Glendower.
Chapter 27 of The Disowned — Complete by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton holds 284 sentences, grouped into 57 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 27 holds 284 sentences of The Disowned — Complete, unabridged, divided into 57 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 27 of The Disowned — Complete by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 284 sentences, grouped into 57 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.
Work through the 57 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 57 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 27 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading The Disowned — Complete by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 6060 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #7639 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #7639, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 505 minutes of reading across 1212 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Disowned — Complete section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 40 chapters of The Disowned — Complete to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Disowned — Complete, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
