Chapter 1 of The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 is here in full — 1776 sentences across 356 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 is here in full — 1776 sentences across 356 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Anecdotes of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough-and of Catherine, Duchess of Buckingham LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE. (Those Letters now first collected are marked N.) 1. To Richard West, Esq. November 9.-Picture of a University life. Cambridge sophs.
Chapter 1 of The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 is here in full — 1776 sentences across 356 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “anecdote” — short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
From this reading “Anecdotes of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough-and of Catherine, Duchess of Buckingham LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE.”
a university in England
From this reading “Cambridge sophs.”
first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
From this reading “Anecdotes of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough-and of Catherine, Duchess of Buckingham LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE.”
Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
From this reading “Anecdotes of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough-and of Catherine, Duchess of Buckingham LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE.”
the month following October and preceding December
From this reading “To Richard West, Esq. November 9.-Picture of a University life.”
(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
From this reading “Anecdotes of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough-and of Catherine, Duchess of Buckingham LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE.”
the body of faculty and students at a university
From this reading “To Richard West, Esq. November 9.-Picture of a University life.”
English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797)
From this reading “Anecdotes of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough-and of Catherine, Duchess of Buckingham LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE.”
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From this reading 1.
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From this reading To Richard West, Esq. November 9.-Picture of a University life.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading To Richard West, Esq. November 9.-Picture of a University life.
plural of “anecdote” — short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
From this reading Anecdotes of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough-and of Catherine, Duchess of Buckingham LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading (Those Letters now first collected are marked N.)
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From this reading Anecdotes of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough-and of Catherine, Duchess of Buckingham LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE.
a university in England
From this reading Cambridge sophs.
first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
From this reading Anecdotes of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough-and of Catherine, Duchess of Buckingham LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE.
brought together in one place
From this reading (Those Letters now first collected are marked N.)
the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right
From this reading Anecdotes of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough-and of Catherine, Duchess of Buckingham LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE.
a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name
From this reading To Richard West, Esq. November 9.-Picture of a University life.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading (Those Letters now first collected are marked N.)
Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
From this reading Anecdotes of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough-and of Catherine, Duchess of Buckingham LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE.
the literary culture
From this reading Anecdotes of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough-and of Catherine, Duchess of Buckingham LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading To Richard West, Esq. November 9.-Picture of a University life.
strongly marked; easily noticeable
From this reading (Those Letters now first collected are marked N.)
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From this reading Anecdotes of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough-and of Catherine, Duchess of Buckingham LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE.
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
From this reading (Those Letters now first collected are marked N.)
the month following October and preceding December
From this reading To Richard West, Esq. November 9.-Picture of a University life.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading (Those Letters now first collected are marked N.)
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Anecdotes of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough-and of Catherine, Duchess of Buckingham LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading To Richard West, Esq. November 9.-Picture of a University life.
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From this reading To Richard West, Esq. November 9.-Picture of a University life.
(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
From this reading Anecdotes of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough-and of Catherine, Duchess of Buckingham LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE.
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From this reading Cambridge sophs.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading (Those Letters now first collected are marked N.)
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To Richard West, Esq. November 9.-Picture of a University life.
the body of faculty and students at a university
From this reading To Richard West, Esq. November 9.-Picture of a University life.
English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797)
From this reading Anecdotes of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough-and of Catherine, Duchess of Buckingham LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading To Richard West, Esq. November 9.-Picture of a University life.
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