Chapter 5 of The Goddess of Reason: A Drama in Five Acts is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 5 of The Goddess of Reason: A Drama in Five Acts is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Saint Maturin! Saint Corentin! Saint Jean! THE MARQUISE O bitter death! DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!
Chapter 5 of The Goddess of Reason: A Drama in Five Acts is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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marked by strong resentment or cynicism
From this reading “THE MARQUISE O bitter death!”
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading “THE MARQUISE O bitter death!”
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
From this reading “Saint Jean!”
a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
From this reading “Saint Maturin!”
except for; apart from
From this reading “DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!”
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!
marked by strong resentment or cynicism
From this reading THE MARQUISE O bitter death!
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From this reading Saint Corentin!
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading THE MARQUISE O bitter death!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
From this reading Saint Jean!
a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess
From this reading THE MARQUISE O bitter death!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Saint Maturin!
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 bitter death!
a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
From this reading Saint Maturin!
except for; apart from
From this reading DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MARQUISE O bitter death!
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!
which person or people
From this reading DE VARDES I am thy death, who thought to save thee so!
Chapter 5 of The Goddess of Reason: A Drama in Five Acts by Mary Johnston holds 438 sentences, grouped into 88 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 5 holds 438 sentences of The Goddess of Reason: A Drama in Five Acts, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Goddess of Reason: A Drama in Five Acts by Mary Johnston exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 438 sentences, grouped into 88 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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