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1895
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From this reading March 23d, 1895.
23
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From this reading March 23d, 1895.
ago
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From this reading Dear Isabella Gardner, Yes, I have delayed hideously to write to you, since receiving your note of many days ago.
always
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From this reading Yours always, HENRY JAMES.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But I always delay hideously, and my shamelessness is rapidly becoming (in the matter of letter-writing) more disgraceful even than my procrastination.
becoming
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From this reading But I always delay hideously, and my shamelessness is rapidly becoming (in the matter of letter-writing) more disgraceful even than my procrastination.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I always delay hideously, and my shamelessness is rapidly becoming (in the matter of letter-writing) more disgraceful even than my procrastination.
d
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From this reading March 23d, 1895.
days
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From this reading Dear Isabella Gardner, Yes, I have delayed hideously to write to you, since receiving your note of many days ago.
Dear
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From this reading Dear Isabella Gardner, Yes, I have delayed hideously to write to you, since receiving your note of many days ago.
delay
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From this reading But I always delay hideously, and my shamelessness is rapidly becoming (in the matter of letter-writing) more disgraceful even than my procrastination.
delayed
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From this reading Dear Isabella Gardner, Yes, I have delayed hideously to write to you, since receiving your note of many days ago.
disgraceful
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From this reading But I always delay hideously, and my shamelessness is rapidly becoming (in the matter of letter-writing) more disgraceful even than my procrastination.
Dublin
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From this reading _To Mrs. John L. Gardner._ Royal Hospital, Dublin.
even
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From this reading But I always delay hideously, and my shamelessness is rapidly becoming (in the matter of letter-writing) more disgraceful even than my procrastination.
Gardner
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From this reading _To Mrs. John L. Gardner._ Royal Hospital, Dublin.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Dear Isabella Gardner, Yes, I have delayed hideously to write to you, since receiving your note of many days ago.
HENRY
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From this reading Yours always, HENRY JAMES.
hideously
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From this reading Dear Isabella Gardner, Yes, I have delayed hideously to write to you, since receiving your note of many days ago.
Hospital
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From this reading _To Mrs. John L. Gardner._ Royal Hospital, Dublin.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Dear Isabella Gardner, Yes, I have delayed hideously to write to you, since receiving your note of many days ago.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But I always delay hideously, and my shamelessness is rapidly becoming (in the matter of letter-writing) more disgraceful even than my procrastination.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But I always delay hideously, and my shamelessness is rapidly becoming (in the matter of letter-writing) more disgraceful even than my procrastination.
Isabella
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From this reading Dear Isabella Gardner, Yes, I have delayed hideously to write to you, since receiving your note of many days ago.
JAMES
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From this reading Yours always, HENRY JAMES.
John
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From this reading _To Mrs. John L. Gardner._ Royal Hospital, Dublin.
L
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From this reading _To Mrs. John L. Gardner._ Royal Hospital, Dublin.
letter-writing
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From this reading But I always delay hideously, and my shamelessness is rapidly becoming (in the matter of letter-writing) more disgraceful even than my procrastination.
many
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From this reading Dear Isabella Gardner, Yes, I have delayed hideously to write to you, since receiving your note of many days ago.
March
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From this reading March 23d, 1895.
matter
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From this reading But I always delay hideously, and my shamelessness is rapidly becoming (in the matter of letter-writing) more disgraceful even than my procrastination.
more
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From this reading But I always delay hideously, and my shamelessness is rapidly becoming (in the matter of letter-writing) more disgraceful even than my procrastination.
Mrs
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From this reading _To Mrs. John L. Gardner._ Royal Hospital, Dublin.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But I always delay hideously, and my shamelessness is rapidly becoming (in the matter of letter-writing) more disgraceful even than my procrastination.
note
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From this reading Dear Isabella Gardner, Yes, I have delayed hideously to write to you, since receiving your note of many days ago.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Dear Isabella Gardner, Yes, I have delayed hideously to write to you, since receiving your note of many days ago.
procrastination
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From this reading But I always delay hideously, and my shamelessness is rapidly becoming (in the matter of letter-writing) more disgraceful even than my procrastination.
rapidly
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From this reading But I always delay hideously, and my shamelessness is rapidly becoming (in the matter of letter-writing) more disgraceful even than my procrastination.
receiving
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From this reading Dear Isabella Gardner, Yes, I have delayed hideously to write to you, since receiving your note of many days ago.
Royal
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From this reading _To Mrs. John L. Gardner._ Royal Hospital, Dublin.
shamelessness
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From this reading But I always delay hideously, and my shamelessness is rapidly becoming (in the matter of letter-writing) more disgraceful even than my procrastination.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Dear Isabella Gardner, Yes, I have delayed hideously to write to you, since receiving your note of many days ago.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading But I always delay hideously, and my shamelessness is rapidly becoming (in the matter of letter-writing) more disgraceful even than my procrastination.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But I always delay hideously, and my shamelessness is rapidly becoming (in the matter of letter-writing) more disgraceful even than my procrastination.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _To Mrs. John L. Gardner._ Royal Hospital, Dublin.
write
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From this reading Dear Isabella Gardner, Yes, I have delayed hideously to write to you, since receiving your note of many days ago.
Yes
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From this reading Dear Isabella Gardner, Yes, I have delayed hideously to write to you, since receiving your note of many days ago.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Dear Isabella Gardner, Yes, I have delayed hideously to write to you, since receiving your note of many days ago.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Dear Isabella Gardner, Yes, I have delayed hideously to write to you, since receiving your note of many days ago.
YourspronounUS /jʊrz/
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading Yours always, HENRY JAMES.
