Chapter 8 of The Professor is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of The Professor is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
READER, perhaps you were never in Belgium? Haply you don’t know the physiognomy of the country? You have not its lineaments defined upon your memory, as I have them on mine? Three--nay four--pictures line the four-walled cell where are stored for me the records of the past. First, Eton.
Chapter 8 of The Professor is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/33 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
From this reading “READER, perhaps you were never in Belgium?”
A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading “Three--nay four--pictures line the four-walled cell where are stored for me the records of the past.”
clearly characterized or delimited
From this reading “You have not its lineaments defined upon your memory, as I have them on mine?”
an old word for “no”
From this reading “Three--nay four--pictures line the four-walled cell where are stored for me the records of the past.”
plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading “Three--nay four--pictures line the four-walled cell where are stored for me the records of the past.”
a person who enjoys reading
From this reading “READER, perhaps you were never in Belgium?”
plural of “record” — anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
From this reading “Three--nay four--pictures line the four-walled cell where are stored for me the records of the past.”
past form of “store” — keep or lay aside for future use
From this reading “Three--nay four--pictures line the four-walled cell where are stored for me the records of the past.”
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Three--nay four--pictures line the four-walled cell where are stored for me the records of the past.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading You have not its lineaments defined upon your memory, as I have them on mine?
a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
From this reading READER, perhaps you were never in Belgium?
A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading Three--nay four--pictures line the four-walled cell where are stored for me the records of the past.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading Haply you don’t know the physiognomy of the country?
clearly characterized or delimited
From this reading You have not its lineaments defined upon your memory, as I have them on mine?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Haply you don’t know the physiognomy of the country?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading First, Eton.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading First, Eton.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Three--nay four--pictures line the four-walled cell where are stored for me the records of the past.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading Three--nay four--pictures line the four-walled cell where are stored for me the records of the past.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Three--nay four--pictures line the four-walled cell where are stored for me the records of the past.
by accident
From this reading Haply you don’t know the physiognomy of the country?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You have not its lineaments defined upon your memory, as I have them on mine?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading You have not its lineaments defined upon your memory, as I have them on mine?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading READER, perhaps you were never in Belgium?
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading You have not its lineaments defined upon your memory, as I have them on mine?
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Haply you don’t know the physiognomy of the country?
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading Three--nay four--pictures line the four-walled cell where are stored for me the records of the past.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You have not its lineaments defined upon your memory, as I have them on mine?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Three--nay four--pictures line the four-walled cell where are stored for me the records of the past.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading You have not its lineaments defined upon your memory, as I have them on mine?
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading You have not its lineaments defined upon your memory, as I have them on mine?
an old word for “no”
From this reading Three--nay four--pictures line the four-walled cell where are stored for me the records of the past.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading READER, perhaps you were never in Belgium?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading You have not its lineaments defined upon your memory, as I have them on mine?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Haply you don’t know the physiognomy of the country?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading You have not its lineaments defined upon your memory, as I have them on mine?
the time that has elapsed
From this reading Three--nay four--pictures line the four-walled cell where are stored for me the records of the past.
by chance
From this reading READER, perhaps you were never in Belgium?
the human face (“kisser” and “smiler” and “mug” are informal terms for “face” and “phiz” is British)
From this reading Haply you don’t know the physiognomy of the country?
plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading Three--nay four--pictures line the four-walled cell where are stored for me the records of the past.
a person who enjoys reading
From this reading READER, perhaps you were never in Belgium?
plural of “record” — anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
From this reading Three--nay four--pictures line the four-walled cell where are stored for me the records of the past.
past form of “store” — keep or lay aside for future use
From this reading Three--nay four--pictures line the four-walled cell where are stored for me the records of the past.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Haply you don’t know the physiognomy of the country?
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading You have not its lineaments defined upon your memory, as I have them on mine?
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Three--nay four--pictures line the four-walled cell where are stored for me the records of the past.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading You have not its lineaments defined upon your memory, as I have them on mine?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading READER, perhaps you were never in Belgium?
in or at the place that
From this reading Three--nay four--pictures line the four-walled cell where are stored for me the records of the past.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading READER, perhaps you were never in Belgium?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You have not its lineaments defined upon your memory, as I have them on mine?
Chapter 8 of The Professor by Charlotte Brontë holds 165 sentences, grouped into 33 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 8 holds 165 sentences of The Professor, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
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