Chapter 7 of The Royal End: A Romance is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Royal End: A Romance is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Then--presto!... Without a note of warning--the agreeable independence of her mood vanished. Lucilla, Pontycroft!... Her mind, her heart, her very soul yearned for them. And a homesick longing for the finished, for the humanly beautiful, the artistically beautiful,--an intense craving and desire for a familiar European face--smote her.
Chapter 7 of The Royal End: A Romance is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in an artistic manner
From this reading “And a homesick longing for the finished, for the humanly beautiful, the artistically beautiful,--an intense craving and desire for a familiar European face--smote her.”
an intense desire for some particular thing
From this reading “And a homesick longing for the finished, for the humanly beautiful, the artistically beautiful,--an intense craving and desire for a familiar European face--smote her.”
a native or inhabitant of Europe
From this reading “And a homesick longing for the finished, for the humanly beautiful, the artistically beautiful,--an intense craving and desire for a familiar European face--smote her.”
longing to return home
From this reading “And a homesick longing for the finished, for the humanly beautiful, the artistically beautiful,--an intense craving and desire for a familiar European face--smote her.”
in the manner of human beings
From this reading “And a homesick longing for the finished, for the humanly beautiful, the artistically beautiful,--an intense craving and desire for a familiar European face--smote her.”
freedom from control or influence of another or others
From this reading “Without a note of warning--the agreeable independence of her mood vanished.”
suddenly
From this reading “Then--presto!...”
past form of “yearn” — desire strongly or persistently
From this reading “Her mind, her heart, her very soul yearned for them.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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In this reading “Her mind, her heart, her very soul yearned for them.”
In this reading “Her mind, her heart, her very soul yearned for them.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Without a note of warning--the agreeable independence of her mood vanished.
conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature
From this reading Without a note of warning--the agreeable independence of her mood vanished.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading And a homesick longing for the finished, for the humanly beautiful, the artistically beautiful,--an intense craving and desire for a familiar European face--smote her.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And a homesick longing for the finished, for the humanly beautiful, the artistically beautiful,--an intense craving and desire for a familiar European face--smote her.
in an artistic manner
From this reading And a homesick longing for the finished, for the humanly beautiful, the artistically beautiful,--an intense craving and desire for a familiar European face--smote her.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading And a homesick longing for the finished, for the humanly beautiful, the artistically beautiful,--an intense craving and desire for a familiar European face--smote her.
an intense desire for some particular thing
From this reading And a homesick longing for the finished, for the humanly beautiful, the artistically beautiful,--an intense craving and desire for a familiar European face--smote her.
the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
From this reading And a homesick longing for the finished, for the humanly beautiful, the artistically beautiful,--an intense craving and desire for a familiar European face--smote her.
a native or inhabitant of Europe
From this reading And a homesick longing for the finished, for the humanly beautiful, the artistically beautiful,--an intense craving and desire for a familiar European face--smote her.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading And a homesick longing for the finished, for the humanly beautiful, the artistically beautiful,--an intense craving and desire for a familiar European face--smote her.
well known or easily recognized
From this reading And a homesick longing for the finished, for the humanly beautiful, the artistically beautiful,--an intense craving and desire for a familiar European face--smote her.
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
From this reading And a homesick longing for the finished, for the humanly beautiful, the artistically beautiful,--an intense craving and desire for a familiar European face--smote her.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Her mind, her heart, her very soul yearned for them.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Her mind, her heart, her very soul yearned for them.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Without a note of warning--the agreeable independence of her mood vanished.
longing to return home
From this reading And a homesick longing for the finished, for the humanly beautiful, the artistically beautiful,--an intense craving and desire for a familiar European face--smote her.
in the manner of human beings
From this reading And a homesick longing for the finished, for the humanly beautiful, the artistically beautiful,--an intense craving and desire for a familiar European face--smote her.
freedom from control or influence of another or others
From this reading Without a note of warning--the agreeable independence of her mood vanished.
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
From this reading And a homesick longing for the finished, for the humanly beautiful, the artistically beautiful,--an intense craving and desire for a familiar European face--smote her.
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
From this reading And a homesick longing for the finished, for the humanly beautiful, the artistically beautiful,--an intense craving and desire for a familiar European face--smote her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lucilla, Pontycroft!...
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Her mind, her heart, her very soul yearned for them.
a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
From this reading Without a note of warning--the agreeable independence of her mood vanished.
a brief written record
From this reading Without a note of warning--the agreeable independence of her mood vanished.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Without a note of warning--the agreeable independence of her mood vanished.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lucilla, Pontycroft!...
suddenly
From this reading Then--presto!...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And a homesick longing for the finished, for the humanly beautiful, the artistically beautiful,--an intense craving and desire for a familiar European face--smote her.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading Her mind, her heart, her very soul yearned for them.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Without a note of warning--the agreeable independence of her mood vanished.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Her mind, her heart, her very soul yearned for them.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then--presto!...
having passed out of existence
From this reading Without a note of warning--the agreeable independence of her mood vanished.
precisely as stated
From this reading Her mind, her heart, her very soul yearned for them.
a message informing of danger
From this reading Without a note of warning--the agreeable independence of her mood vanished.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Without a note of warning--the agreeable independence of her mood vanished.
past form of “yearn” — desire strongly or persistently
From this reading Her mind, her heart, her very soul yearned for them.
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