Chapter 6 of The Saint's Tragedy is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Saint's Tragedy is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[The man seizes her arm.] Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on. Farewell, my Ladies. Follow not! There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
Chapter 6 of The Saint's Tragedy is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
From this reading “Farewell, my Ladies.”
take somebody somewhere
From this reading “Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on.”
third-person singular of “seize” — take hold of; grab
From this reading “[The man seizes her arm.]”
showing a sense of guilt
From this reading “Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on.”
refrain from harming
From this reading “There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.”
an old word for “yours”
From this reading “Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on.”
the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
From this reading “There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.”
misery resulting from affliction
From this reading “There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading [The man seizes her arm.]
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
From this reading Farewell, my Ladies.
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading Follow not!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading [The man seizes her arm.]
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on.
plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading Farewell, my Ladies.
take somebody somewhere
From this reading Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading [The man seizes her arm.]
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Farewell, my Ladies.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
third-person singular of “seize” — take hold of; grab
From this reading [The man seizes her arm.]
showing a sense of guilt
From this reading Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on.
refrain from harming
From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [The man seizes her arm.]
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
an old word for “yours”
From this reading Keep thine hands off-- I'll not be shamed--Lead on.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
misery resulting from affliction
From this reading There's want to spare on earth already; And mine own woe is weight enough for me.
Chapter 6 of The Saint's Tragedy by Charles Kingsley holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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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