Chapter 91 of The Man Who Laughs is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 91 of The Man Who Laughs is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE OLD HALL. Near Westminster Abbey was an old Norman palace which was burnt in the time of Henry VIII. Its wings were spared. In one of them Edward VI. placed the House of Lords, in the other the House of Commons. Neither the two wings nor the two chambers are now in existence.
Chapter 91 of The Man Who Laughs is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a church associated with a monastery or convent
From this reading “Near Westminster Abbey was an old Norman palace which was burnt in the time of Henry VIII.”
ruined by overcooking
From this reading “Near Westminster Abbey was an old Norman palace which was burnt in the time of Henry VIII.”
English architect (1723-1796)
From this reading “Neither the two wings nor the two chambers are now in existence.”
a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
From this reading “In one of them Edward VI. placed the House of Lords, in the other the House of Commons.”
plural of “lord” — terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading “In one of them Edward VI. placed the House of Lords, in the other the House of Commons.”
United States operatic soprano (born in 1945)
From this reading “Near Westminster Abbey was an old Norman palace which was burnt in the time of Henry VIII.”
past form of “spare” — refrain from harming
From this reading “Its wings were spared.”
a borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey
From this reading “Near Westminster Abbey was an old Norman palace which was burnt in the time of Henry VIII.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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a church associated with a monastery or convent
From this reading Near Westminster Abbey was an old Norman palace which was burnt in the time of Henry VIII.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Near Westminster Abbey was an old Norman palace which was burnt in the time of Henry VIII.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Neither the two wings nor the two chambers are now in existence.
ruined by overcooking
From this reading Near Westminster Abbey was an old Norman palace which was burnt in the time of Henry VIII.
English architect (1723-1796)
From this reading Neither the two wings nor the two chambers are now in existence.
a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
From this reading In one of them Edward VI. placed the House of Lords, in the other the House of Commons.
King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
From this reading In one of them Edward VI. placed the House of Lords, in the other the House of Commons.
the state or fact of existing
From this reading Neither the two wings nor the two chambers are now in existence.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading THE OLD HALL.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading Near Westminster Abbey was an old Norman palace which was burnt in the time of Henry VIII.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading In one of them Edward VI. placed the House of Lords, in the other the House of Commons.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Near Westminster Abbey was an old Norman palace which was burnt in the time of Henry VIII.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Its wings were spared.
plural of “lord” — terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading In one of them Edward VI. placed the House of Lords, in the other the House of Commons.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading Near Westminster Abbey was an old Norman palace which was burnt in the time of Henry VIII.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Neither the two wings nor the two chambers are now in existence.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Neither the two wings nor the two chambers are now in existence.
United States operatic soprano (born in 1945)
From this reading Near Westminster Abbey was an old Norman palace which was burnt in the time of Henry VIII.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Neither the two wings nor the two chambers are now in existence.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Near Westminster Abbey was an old Norman palace which was burnt in the time of Henry VIII.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading THE OLD HALL.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In one of them Edward VI. placed the House of Lords, in the other the House of Commons.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading In one of them Edward VI. placed the House of Lords, in the other the House of Commons.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading Near Westminster Abbey was an old Norman palace which was burnt in the time of Henry VIII.
situated in a particular spot or position
From this reading In one of them Edward VI. placed the House of Lords, in the other the House of Commons.
past form of “spare” — refrain from harming
From this reading Its wings were spared.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE OLD HALL.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading In one of them Edward VI. placed the House of Lords, in the other the House of Commons.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Near Westminster Abbey was an old Norman palace which was burnt in the time of Henry VIII.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Neither the two wings nor the two chambers are now in existence.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading In one of them Edward VI. placed the House of Lords, in the other the House of Commons.
the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
From this reading Near Westminster Abbey was an old Norman palace which was burnt in the time of Henry VIII.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Near Westminster Abbey was an old Norman palace which was burnt in the time of Henry VIII.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Its wings were spared.
a borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey
From this reading Near Westminster Abbey was an old Norman palace which was burnt in the time of Henry VIII.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Near Westminster Abbey was an old Norman palace which was burnt in the time of Henry VIII.
a means of flight or ascent
From this reading Its wings were spared.
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