Chapter 2 of The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Volume 1 is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Volume 1 is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[Violent Murmurs.] ROBESPIERRE. He shall be heard! BURDON L'OISE. Must we contaminate this sacred hall With the foul breath of treason?
Chapter 2 of The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Volume 1 is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading “Must we contaminate this sacred hall With the foul breath of treason?”
make impure
From this reading “Must we contaminate this sacred hall With the foul breath of treason?”
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
From this reading “Must we contaminate this sacred hall With the foul breath of treason?”
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading “Must we contaminate this sacred hall With the foul breath of treason?”
plural of “murmur” — a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
From this reading “[Violent Murmurs.]”
concerned with religion or religious purposes
From this reading “Must we contaminate this sacred hall With the foul breath of treason?”
a crime that undermines the offender's government
From this reading “Must we contaminate this sacred hall With the foul breath of treason?”
acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
From this reading “[Violent Murmurs.]”
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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He shall be heard!
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading Must we contaminate this sacred hall With the foul breath of treason?
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From this reading BURDON L'OISE.
make impure
From this reading Must we contaminate this sacred hall With the foul breath of treason?
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
From this reading Must we contaminate this sacred hall With the foul breath of treason?
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading Must we contaminate this sacred hall With the foul breath of treason?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He shall be heard!
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading He shall be heard!
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From this reading BURDON L'OISE.
plural of “murmur” — a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
From this reading [Violent Murmurs.]
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Must we contaminate this sacred hall With the foul breath of treason?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Must we contaminate this sacred hall With the foul breath of treason?
French revolutionary; leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of Terror; was himself executed in a coup d'etat (1758-1794)
From this reading ROBESPIERRE.
concerned with religion or religious purposes
From this reading Must we contaminate this sacred hall With the foul breath of treason?
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading He shall be heard!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Must we contaminate this sacred hall With the foul breath of treason?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Must we contaminate this sacred hall With the foul breath of treason?
a crime that undermines the offender's government
From this reading Must we contaminate this sacred hall With the foul breath of treason?
acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
From this reading [Violent Murmurs.]
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Must we contaminate this sacred hall With the foul breath of treason?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Must we contaminate this sacred hall With the foul breath of treason?
Chapter 2 of The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Volume 1 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge holds 391 sentences, grouped into 79 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.
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