Chapter 4 of The Goddess of Reason: A Drama in Five Acts is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 4 of The Goddess of Reason: A Drama in Five Acts is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A WOMAN It is the emigrée Clarice-Marie Miramand Blanchefôret! Are not her gold locks known in Brittany? ANOTHER She fled to England. A THIRD She returned. THE MARQUISE O death!
Chapter 4 of The Goddess of Reason: A Drama in Five Acts is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay
From this reading “Are not her gold locks known in Brittany?”
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading “ANOTHER She fled to England.”
inflected form of “flee” — run away quickly
From this reading “ANOTHER She fled to England.”
coins made of gold
From this reading “Are not her gold locks known in Brittany?”
apprehended with certainty
From this reading “Are not her gold locks known in Brittany?”
plural of “lock” — a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
From this reading “Are not her gold locks known in Brittany?”
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading “A THIRD She returned.”
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading “A THIRD She returned.”
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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 A WOMAN It is the emigrée Clarice-Marie Miramand Blanchefôret!
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading ANOTHER She fled to England.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are not her gold locks known in Brittany?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A WOMAN It is the emigrée Clarice-Marie Miramand Blanchefôret!
a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay
From this reading Are not her gold locks known in Brittany?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A WOMAN It is the emigrée Clarice-Marie Miramand Blanchefôret!
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading THE MARQUISE O death!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A WOMAN It is the emigrée Clarice-Marie Miramand Blanchefôret!
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading ANOTHER She fled to England.
inflected form of “flee” — run away quickly
From this reading ANOTHER She fled to England.
coins made of gold
From this reading Are not her gold locks known in Brittany?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Are not her gold locks known in Brittany?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Are not her gold locks known in Brittany?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A WOMAN It is the emigrée Clarice-Marie Miramand Blanchefôret!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A WOMAN It is the emigrée Clarice-Marie Miramand Blanchefôret!
apprehended with certainty
From this reading Are not her gold locks known in Brittany?
plural of “lock” — a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
From this reading Are not her gold locks known in Brittany?
a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess
From this reading THE MARQUISE O death!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A WOMAN It is the emigrée Clarice-Marie Miramand Blanchefôret!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Are not her gold locks known in Brittany?
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 THE MARQUISE O death!
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading A THIRD She returned.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ANOTHER She fled to England.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A WOMAN It is the emigrée Clarice-Marie Miramand Blanchefôret!
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading A THIRD She returned.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ANOTHER She fled to England.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading A WOMAN It is the emigrée Clarice-Marie Miramand Blanchefôret!
Chapter 4 of The Goddess of Reason: A Drama in Five Acts by Mary Johnston holds 442 sentences, grouped into 89 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 4 holds 442 sentences of The Goddess of Reason: A Drama in Five Acts, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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