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Chapter IX · Chapter 9

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CHARLES LAMB TO THOMAS MANNING [P.M. April 5, 1800.]
C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.
Dr. Manning, Coleridge has left us, to go into the north, on a visit to his god Wordsworth.
With him have flown all my splendid prospects of engagement with the "Morning Post," all my visionary guineas, the deceitful wages of unborn scandal.
In truth, I wonder you took it up so seriously.
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The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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CHARLES LAMB TO THOMAS MANNING [P.M. April 5, 1800.]
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C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.
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Dr. Manning, Coleridge has left us, to go into the north, on a visit to his god Wordsworth.
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With him have flown all my splendid prospects of engagement with the "Morning Post," all my visionary guineas, the deceitful wages of unborn scandal.
/wɪð hɪm hæv floʊn ɔːl maɪ ˈsplendɪd ˈprɑːspekts ʌv enˈɡeɪdʒmənt wɪð ðə ˈmɔːrnɪŋ poʊst ɔːl maɪ ˈvɪʒəneri ˈɡɪniz ðə dəˈsiːtfəl ˈweɪdʒəz ʌv ˈʌnˈbɔːrn ˈskændəl/
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In truth, I wonder you took it up so seriously.
/ɪn truːθ aɪ ˈwʌndər juː tʊk ɪt ʌp soʊ ˈsɪriəsli/

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Coleridge noun US /ˈkoʊlrɪdʒ/

English romantic poet (1772-1834)

From this reading “Dr. Manning, Coleridge has left us, to go into the north, on a visit to his god Wordsworth.”

deceitful adjective US /dəˈsiːtfəl/

intended to deceive

From this reading “With him have flown all my splendid prospects of engagement with the "Morning Post," all my visionary guineas, the deceitful wages of unborn scandal.”

flown verb US /floʊn/

inflected form of “fly” — travel through the air; be airborne

From this reading “With him have flown all my splendid prospects of engagement with the "Morning Post," all my visionary guineas, the deceitful wages of unborn scandal.”

guineas noun US /ˈɡɪniz/

plural of “guinea” — a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings

From this reading “With him have flown all my splendid prospects of engagement with the "Morning Post," all my visionary guineas, the deceitful wages of unborn scandal.”

manning verb US /ˈmænɪŋ/

inflected form of “man” — take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place

From this reading “CHARLES LAMB TO THOMAS MANNING [P.M. April 5, 1800.]”

unborn adjective US /ˈʌnˈbɔːrn/

not yet brought into existence

From this reading “With him have flown all my splendid prospects of engagement with the "Morning Post," all my visionary guineas, the deceitful wages of unborn scandal.”

visionary noun US /ˈvɪʒəneri/

a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible

From this reading “With him have flown all my splendid prospects of engagement with the "Morning Post," all my visionary guineas, the deceitful wages of unborn scandal.”

Wordsworth noun US /ˈwɜːrdzwərθ/

a romantic English poet whose work was inspired by the Lake District where he spent most of his life (1770-1850)

From this reading “Dr. Manning, Coleridge has left us, to go into the north, on a visit to his god Wordsworth.”

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1800

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From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO THOMAS MANNING [P.M. April 5, 1800.]

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From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO THOMAS MANNING [P.M. April 5, 1800.]

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Dr. Manning, Coleridge has left us, to go into the north, on a visit to his god Wordsworth.

addverbUS /æd/

make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of

From this reading C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.

advicenounUS /ædˈvaɪs/

a proposal for an appropriate course of action

From this reading C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.

alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading With him have flown all my splendid prospects of engagement with the "Morning Post," all my visionary guineas, the deceitful wages of unborn scandal.

AprilnounUS /ˈeɪprəl/

the month following March and preceding May

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO THOMAS MANNING [P.M. April 5, 1800.]

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.

CnounUS /siː/

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.

CHARLESnounUS /tʃɑːrlz/

King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO THOMAS MANNING [P.M. April 5, 1800.]

ColeridgenounUS /ˈkoʊlrɪdʒ/

English romantic poet (1772-1834)

From this reading Dr. Manning, Coleridge has left us, to go into the north, on a visit to his god Wordsworth.

complimentsnounUS /ˈkɑːmpləments/

(usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare

From this reading C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.

deceitfuladjectiveUS /dəˈsiːtfəl/

intended to deceive

From this reading With him have flown all my splendid prospects of engagement with the "Morning Post," all my visionary guineas, the deceitful wages of unborn scandal.

diedverbUS /daɪd/

past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

From this reading C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.

disordernounUS /dɪˈsɔːrdər/

a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning

From this reading C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.

DoctornounUS /ˈdɑːktər/

a licensed medical practitioner

From this reading C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.

Dr

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From this reading Dr. Manning, Coleridge has left us, to go into the north, on a visit to his god Wordsworth.

engagementnounUS /enˈɡeɪdʒmənt/

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

From this reading With him have flown all my splendid prospects of engagement with the "Morning Post," all my visionary guineas, the deceitful wages of unborn scandal.

flownverbUS /floʊn/

inflected form of “fly” — travel through the air; be airborne

From this reading With him have flown all my splendid prospects of engagement with the "Morning Post," all my visionary guineas, the deceitful wages of unborn scandal.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.

goverbUS /ɡoʊ/

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading Dr. Manning, Coleridge has left us, to go into the north, on a visit to his god Wordsworth.

godnounUS /ɡɑːd/

the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions

From this reading Dr. Manning, Coleridge has left us, to go into the north, on a visit to his god Wordsworth.

guineasnounUS /ˈɡɪniz/

plural of “guinea” — a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings

From this reading With him have flown all my splendid prospects of engagement with the "Morning Post," all my visionary guineas, the deceitful wages of unborn scandal.

happyadjectiveUS /ˈhæpi/

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

From this reading C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading With him have flown all my splendid prospects of engagement with the "Morning Post," all my visionary guineas, the deceitful wages of unborn scandal.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading With him have flown all my splendid prospects of engagement with the "Morning Post," all my visionary guineas, the deceitful wages of unborn scandal.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading In truth, I wonder you took it up so seriously.

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading In truth, I wonder you took it up so seriously.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Dr. Manning, Coleridge has left us, to go into the north, on a visit to his god Wordsworth.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading In truth, I wonder you took it up so seriously.

itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.

LnounUS /el/

a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)

From this reading C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.

LAMBnounUS /læm/

young sheep

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO THOMAS MANNING [P.M. April 5, 1800.]

leftnounUS /left/

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading Dr. Manning, Coleridge has left us, to go into the north, on a visit to his god Wordsworth.

MnounUS /em/

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO THOMAS MANNING [P.M. April 5, 1800.]

MANNINGverbUS /ˈmænɪŋ/

inflected form of “man” — take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO THOMAS MANNING [P.M. April 5, 1800.]

medicaladjectiveUS /ˈmedəkəl/

relating to the study or practice of medicine

From this reading C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.

moraladjectiveUS /ˈmɔːrəl/

concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles

From this reading C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.

MorningnounUS /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading With him have flown all my splendid prospects of engagement with the "Morning Post," all my visionary guineas, the deceitful wages of unborn scandal.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading With him have flown all my splendid prospects of engagement with the "Morning Post," all my visionary guineas, the deceitful wages of unborn scandal.

northnounUS /nɔːrθ/

the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading Dr. Manning, Coleridge has left us, to go into the north, on a visit to his god Wordsworth.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Dr. Manning, Coleridge has left us, to go into the north, on a visit to his god Wordsworth.

PnounUS /piː/

a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO THOMAS MANNING [P.M. April 5, 1800.]

PostverbUS /poʊst/

affix in a public place or for public notice

From this reading With him have flown all my splendid prospects of engagement with the "Morning Post," all my visionary guineas, the deceitful wages of unborn scandal.

presentsnounUS /ˈprezənts/

plural of “present” — the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech

From this reading C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.

prospectsnounUS /ˈprɑːspekts/

plural of “prospect” — the possibility of future success

From this reading With him have flown all my splendid prospects of engagement with the "Morning Post," all my visionary guineas, the deceitful wages of unborn scandal.

snounUS /es/

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.

scandalnounUS /ˈskændəl/

disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people

From this reading With him have flown all my splendid prospects of engagement with the "Morning Post," all my visionary guineas, the deceitful wages of unborn scandal.

sensenounUS /sens/

a general conscious awareness

From this reading C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.

seriouslyadverbUS /ˈsɪriəsli/

in a serious manner

From this reading In truth, I wonder you took it up so seriously.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading In truth, I wonder you took it up so seriously.

splendidadjectiveUS /ˈsplendɪd/

having great beauty and splendor

From this reading With him have flown all my splendid prospects of engagement with the "Morning Post," all my visionary guineas, the deceitful wages of unborn scandal.

thankfuladjectiveUS /ˈθæŋkfəl/

feeling or showing gratitude

From this reading C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Dr. Manning, Coleridge has left us, to go into the north, on a visit to his god Wordsworth.

THOMASnounUS /ˈtɑːməs/

United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO THOMAS MANNING [P.M. April 5, 1800.]

TOparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO THOMAS MANNING [P.M. April 5, 1800.]

tookverbUS /tʊk/

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading In truth, I wonder you took it up so seriously.

truthnounUS /truːθ/

a fact that has been verified

From this reading In truth, I wonder you took it up so seriously.

unbornadjectiveUS /ˈʌnˈbɔːrn/

not yet brought into existence

From this reading With him have flown all my splendid prospects of engagement with the "Morning Post," all my visionary guineas, the deceitful wages of unborn scandal.

upadjectiveUS /ʌp/

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading In truth, I wonder you took it up so seriously.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Dr. Manning, Coleridge has left us, to go into the north, on a visit to his god Wordsworth.

veryadjectiveUS /ˈveri/

precisely as stated

From this reading C.L.'s moral sense presents her compliments to Doctor Manning, is very thankful for his medical advice, but is happy to add that her disorder has died of itself.

visionarynounUS /ˈvɪʒəneri/

a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible

From this reading With him have flown all my splendid prospects of engagement with the "Morning Post," all my visionary guineas, the deceitful wages of unborn scandal.

visitverbUS /ˈvɪzɪt/

go to see a place, as for entertainment

From this reading Dr. Manning, Coleridge has left us, to go into the north, on a visit to his god Wordsworth.

wagesnounUS /ˈweɪdʒəz/

a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

From this reading With him have flown all my splendid prospects of engagement with the "Morning Post," all my visionary guineas, the deceitful wages of unborn scandal.

WithprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading With him have flown all my splendid prospects of engagement with the "Morning Post," all my visionary guineas, the deceitful wages of unborn scandal.

wondernounUS /ˈwʌndər/

the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

From this reading In truth, I wonder you took it up so seriously.

WordsworthnounUS /ˈwɜːrdzwərθ/

a romantic English poet whose work was inspired by the Lake District where he spent most of his life (1770-1850)

From this reading Dr. Manning, Coleridge has left us, to go into the north, on a visit to his god Wordsworth.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading In truth, I wonder you took it up so seriously.

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