Chapter 12 of The Ingoldsby Legends is here in full — 326 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Ingoldsby Legends is here in full — 326 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Yet thine eye is still brilliant and bright, ~Bloudie Jacke~! It gleams with a fiendish delight-- "'Tis done-- She is won! Nothing under the sun Can loose the charm'd ring, though it's slight! Ho! ho! It fits so remarkably tight!"-- The wire is as thin as a thread, ~Bloudie Jacke~!
Chapter 12 of The Ingoldsby Legends is here in full — 326 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/65 · 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.
extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
From this reading “It gleams with a fiendish delight-- "'Tis done-- She is won!”
plural of “fit” — a display of bad temper
From this reading “It fits so remarkably tight!"-- The wire is as thin as a thread, ~Bloudie Jacke~!”
plural of “gleam” — an appearance of reflected light
From this reading “It gleams with a fiendish delight-- "'Tis done-- She is won!”
to a remarkable degree or extent
From this reading “It fits so remarkably tight!"-- The wire is as thin as a thread, ~Bloudie Jacke~!”
an old word for “yours”
From this reading “Yet thine eye is still brilliant and bright, ~Bloudie Jacke~!”
to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
From this reading “It fits so remarkably tight!"-- The wire is as thin as a thread, ~Bloudie Jacke~!”
closely constrained or constricted or constricting
From this reading “It fits so remarkably tight!"-- The wire is as thin as a thread, ~Bloudie Jacke~!”
ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
From this reading “It fits so remarkably tight!"-- The wire is as thin as a thread, ~Bloudie Jacke~!”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Nothing under the sun Can loose the charm'd ring, though it's slight!”
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 gleams with a fiendish delight-- "'Tis done-- She is won!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yet thine eye is still brilliant and bright, ~Bloudie Jacke~!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It fits so remarkably tight!"-- The wire is as thin as a thread, ~Bloudie Jacke~!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yet thine eye is still brilliant and bright, ~Bloudie Jacke~!
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading Yet thine eye is still brilliant and bright, ~Bloudie Jacke~!
of surpassing excellence
From this reading Yet thine eye is still brilliant and bright, ~Bloudie Jacke~!
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Nothing under the sun Can loose the charm'd ring, though it's slight!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nothing under the sun Can loose the charm'd ring, though it's slight!
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading It gleams with a fiendish delight-- "'Tis done-- She is won!
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading It gleams with a fiendish delight-- "'Tis done-- She is won!
the organ of sight
From this reading Yet thine eye is still brilliant and bright, ~Bloudie Jacke~!
extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
From this reading It gleams with a fiendish delight-- "'Tis done-- She is won!
plural of “fit” — a display of bad temper
From this reading It fits so remarkably tight!"-- The wire is as thin as a thread, ~Bloudie Jacke~!
plural of “gleam” — an appearance of reflected light
From this reading It gleams with a fiendish delight-- "'Tis done-- She is won!
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
From this reading Ho! ho!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yet thine eye is still brilliant and bright, ~Bloudie Jacke~!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It gleams with a fiendish delight-- "'Tis done-- She is won!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nothing under the sun Can loose the charm'd ring, though it's slight!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yet thine eye is still brilliant and bright, ~Bloudie Jacke~!
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading Nothing under the sun Can loose the charm'd ring, though it's slight!
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing under the sun Can loose the charm'd ring, though it's slight!
to a remarkable degree or extent
From this reading It fits so remarkably tight!"-- The wire is as thin as a thread, ~Bloudie Jacke~!
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading Nothing under the sun Can loose the charm'd ring, though it's slight!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It gleams with a fiendish delight-- "'Tis done-- She is won!
a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
From this reading Nothing under the sun Can loose the charm'd ring, though it's slight!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It fits so remarkably tight!"-- The wire is as thin as a thread, ~Bloudie Jacke~!
not in physical motion
From this reading Yet thine eye is still brilliant and bright, ~Bloudie Jacke~!
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading Nothing under the sun Can loose the charm'd ring, though it's slight!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nothing under the sun Can loose the charm'd ring, though it's slight!
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading It fits so remarkably tight!"-- The wire is as thin as a thread, ~Bloudie Jacke~!
an old word for “yours”
From this reading Yet thine eye is still brilliant and bright, ~Bloudie Jacke~!
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Nothing under the sun Can loose the charm'd ring, though it's slight!
to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
From this reading It fits so remarkably tight!"-- The wire is as thin as a thread, ~Bloudie Jacke~!
closely constrained or constricted or constricting
From this reading It fits so remarkably tight!"-- The wire is as thin as a thread, ~Bloudie Jacke~!
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading It gleams with a fiendish delight-- "'Tis done-- She is won!
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Nothing under the sun Can loose the charm'd ring, though it's slight!
ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
From this reading It fits so remarkably tight!"-- The wire is as thin as a thread, ~Bloudie Jacke~!
in the company of; together with
From this reading It gleams with a fiendish delight-- "'Tis done-- She is won!
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading It gleams with a fiendish delight-- "'Tis done-- She is won!
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet thine eye is still brilliant and bright, ~Bloudie Jacke~!
Chapter 12 of The Ingoldsby Legends by Thomas Ingoldsby holds 326 sentences, grouped into 66 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 12 holds 326 sentences of The Ingoldsby Legends, unabridged, divided into 66 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Ingoldsby Legends by Thomas Ingoldsby exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 326 sentences, grouped into 66 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 66 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 66 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 12 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.
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