Chapter 7 of The Dynasts is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Dynasts is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Grand Marshal, Grand Almoners, Heralds, and other Officials at Napoleon's marriage. ABBE DE PRADT, CHAPEL-MASTER. Corvisart, First Physician to Marie Louis. BOURDIER, SECOND PHYSICIAN to Marie Louise.
Chapter 7 of The Dynasts is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a French abbot
From this reading “ABBE DE PRADT, CHAPEL-MASTER.”
of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
From this reading “Grand Marshal, Grand Almoners, Heralds, and other Officials at Napoleon's marriage.”
plural of “herald” — (formal) a person who announces important news
From this reading “Grand Marshal, Grand Almoners, Heralds, and other Officials at Napoleon's marriage.”
United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981)
From this reading “Corvisart, First Physician to Marie Louis.”
place in proper rank
From this reading “Grand Marshal, Grand Almoners, Heralds, and other Officials at Napoleon's marriage.”
possessive form of “napoleon” — French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
From this reading “Grand Marshal, Grand Almoners, Heralds, and other Officials at Napoleon's marriage.”
plural of “official” — a worker who holds or is invested with an office
From this reading “Grand Marshal, Grand Almoners, Heralds, and other Officials at Napoleon's marriage.”
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “Corvisart, First Physician to Marie Louis.”
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a French abbot
From this reading ABBE DE PRADT, CHAPEL-MASTER.
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From this reading Grand Marshal, Grand Almoners, Heralds, and other Officials at Napoleon's marriage.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Grand Marshal, Grand Almoners, Heralds, and other Officials at Napoleon's marriage.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Grand Marshal, Grand Almoners, Heralds, and other Officials at Napoleon's marriage.
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From this reading BOURDIER, SECOND PHYSICIAN to Marie Louise.
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From this reading ABBE DE PRADT, CHAPEL-MASTER.
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From this reading Corvisart, First Physician to Marie Louis.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading ABBE DE PRADT, CHAPEL-MASTER.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Corvisart, First Physician to Marie Louis.
of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
From this reading Grand Marshal, Grand Almoners, Heralds, and other Officials at Napoleon's marriage.
plural of “herald” — (formal) a person who announces important news
From this reading Grand Marshal, Grand Almoners, Heralds, and other Officials at Napoleon's marriage.
United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981)
From this reading Corvisart, First Physician to Marie Louis.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BOURDIER, SECOND PHYSICIAN to Marie Louise.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Corvisart, First Physician to Marie Louis.
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading Grand Marshal, Grand Almoners, Heralds, and other Officials at Napoleon's marriage.
place in proper rank
From this reading Grand Marshal, Grand Almoners, Heralds, and other Officials at Napoleon's marriage.
possessive form of “napoleon” — French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
From this reading Grand Marshal, Grand Almoners, Heralds, and other Officials at Napoleon's marriage.
plural of “official” — a worker who holds or is invested with an office
From this reading Grand Marshal, Grand Almoners, Heralds, and other Officials at Napoleon's marriage.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Grand Marshal, Grand Almoners, Heralds, and other Officials at Napoleon's marriage.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading Corvisart, First Physician to Marie Louis.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ABBE DE PRADT, CHAPEL-MASTER.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading BOURDIER, SECOND PHYSICIAN to Marie Louise.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Corvisart, First Physician to Marie Louis.
Chapter 7 of The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy holds 350 sentences, grouped into 70 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 7 holds 350 sentences of The Dynasts, unabridged, divided into 70 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 350 sentences, grouped into 70 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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