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The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6

Chapter XXV · Chapter 25

Chapter 25 of The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 is here in full — 217 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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CHARLES LAMB TO B.W. PROCTER February 2, 1829.
Facundissime Poeta! quanquam istiusmodi epitheta oratoribus potiùs quam poetis attinere facilè scio--tamen, facundissime!
Commoratur nobiscum jamdiu, in agro Enfeldiense, scilicet, leguleius futurus, illustrissimus Martinus Burneius, otium agens, negotia nominalia, et officinam clientum vacuam, paululum fugiens.
Orat, implorat te--nempe, Martinus--ut si (quòd Dii faciant) fortè fortunâ, absente ipso, advenerit tardus cliens, eum certiorem feceris per literas hûc missas.
Intelligisne? an me Anglicè et barbarice ad te hominem perdoctum scribere oportet?
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The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6

Chapter XXV · Chapter 25

Chapter 25 of The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 is here in full — 217 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/43 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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CHARLES LAMB TO B.W. PROCTER February 2, 1829.
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Facundissime Poeta! quanquam istiusmodi epitheta oratoribus potiùs quam poetis attinere facilè scio--tamen, facundissime!
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Commoratur nobiscum jamdiu, in agro Enfeldiense, scilicet, leguleius futurus, illustrissimus Martinus Burneius, otium agens, negotia nominalia, et officinam clientum vacuam, paululum fugiens.
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Orat, implorat te--nempe, Martinus--ut si (quòd Dii faciant) fortè fortunâ, absente ipso, advenerit tardus cliens, eum certiorem feceris per literas hûc missas.
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Intelligisne? an me Anglicè et barbarice ad te hominem perdoctum scribere oportet?

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charles noun US /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 B.W. PROCTER February 2, 1829.”

February noun US /ˈfebjəweri/

the month following January and preceding March

From this reading “CHARLES LAMB TO B.W. PROCTER February 2, 1829.”

lamb noun US /læm/

young sheep

From this reading “CHARLES LAMB TO B.W. PROCTER February 2, 1829.”

per preposition US /pɜːr/

for each

From this reading “Orat, implorat te--nempe, Martinus--ut si (quòd Dii faciant) fortè fortunâ, absente ipso, advenerit tardus cliens, eum certiorem feceris per literas hûc missas.”

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1829

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From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO B.W. PROCTER February 2, 1829.

2

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From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO B.W. PROCTER February 2, 1829.

absente

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adnounUS /æd/

a public promotion of some product or service

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advenerit

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agens

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agro

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andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

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Anglicè

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attinere

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BnounUS /biː/

aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO B.W. PROCTER February 2, 1829.

barbarice

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Burneius

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certiorem

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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 B.W. PROCTER February 2, 1829.

cliens

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clientum

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From this reading Commoratur nobiscum jamdiu, in agro Enfeldiense, scilicet, leguleius futurus, illustrissimus Martinus Burneius, otium agens, negotia nominalia, et officinam clientum vacuam, paululum fugiens.

Commoratur

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From this reading Commoratur nobiscum jamdiu, in agro Enfeldiense, scilicet, leguleius futurus, illustrissimus Martinus Burneius, otium agens, negotia nominalia, et officinam clientum vacuam, paululum fugiens.

Dii

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From this reading Orat, implorat te--nempe, Martinus--ut si (quòd Dii faciant) fortè fortunâ, absente ipso, advenerit tardus cliens, eum certiorem feceris per literas hûc missas.

Enfeldiense

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From this reading Commoratur nobiscum jamdiu, in agro Enfeldiense, scilicet, leguleius futurus, illustrissimus Martinus Burneius, otium agens, negotia nominalia, et officinam clientum vacuam, paululum fugiens.

epitheta

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From this reading Facundissime Poeta! quanquam istiusmodi epitheta oratoribus potiùs quam poetis attinere facilè scio--tamen, facundissime!

et

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From this reading Commoratur nobiscum jamdiu, in agro Enfeldiense, scilicet, leguleius futurus, illustrissimus Martinus Burneius, otium agens, negotia nominalia, et officinam clientum vacuam, paululum fugiens.

eum

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From this reading Orat, implorat te--nempe, Martinus--ut si (quòd Dii faciant) fortè fortunâ, absente ipso, advenerit tardus cliens, eum certiorem feceris per literas hûc missas.

faciant

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From this reading Orat, implorat te--nempe, Martinus--ut si (quòd Dii faciant) fortè fortunâ, absente ipso, advenerit tardus cliens, eum certiorem feceris per literas hûc missas.

facilè

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From this reading Facundissime Poeta! quanquam istiusmodi epitheta oratoribus potiùs quam poetis attinere facilè scio--tamen, facundissime!

Facundissime

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From this reading Facundissime Poeta! quanquam istiusmodi epitheta oratoribus potiùs quam poetis attinere facilè scio--tamen, facundissime!

FebruarynounUS /ˈfebjəweri/

the month following January and preceding March

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO B.W. PROCTER February 2, 1829.

feceris

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From this reading Orat, implorat te--nempe, Martinus--ut si (quòd Dii faciant) fortè fortunâ, absente ipso, advenerit tardus cliens, eum certiorem feceris per literas hûc missas.

fortunâ

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From this reading Orat, implorat te--nempe, Martinus--ut si (quòd Dii faciant) fortè fortunâ, absente ipso, advenerit tardus cliens, eum certiorem feceris per literas hûc missas.

fortè

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From this reading Orat, implorat te--nempe, Martinus--ut si (quòd Dii faciant) fortè fortunâ, absente ipso, advenerit tardus cliens, eum certiorem feceris per literas hûc missas.

fugiens

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From this reading Commoratur nobiscum jamdiu, in agro Enfeldiense, scilicet, leguleius futurus, illustrissimus Martinus Burneius, otium agens, negotia nominalia, et officinam clientum vacuam, paululum fugiens.

futurus

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From this reading Commoratur nobiscum jamdiu, in agro Enfeldiense, scilicet, leguleius futurus, illustrissimus Martinus Burneius, otium agens, negotia nominalia, et officinam clientum vacuam, paululum fugiens.

hominem

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From this reading Intelligisne? an me Anglicè et barbarice ad te hominem perdoctum scribere oportet?

hûc

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From this reading Orat, implorat te--nempe, Martinus--ut si (quòd Dii faciant) fortè fortunâ, absente ipso, advenerit tardus cliens, eum certiorem feceris per literas hûc missas.

illustrissimus

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From this reading Commoratur nobiscum jamdiu, in agro Enfeldiense, scilicet, leguleius futurus, illustrissimus Martinus Burneius, otium agens, negotia nominalia, et officinam clientum vacuam, paululum fugiens.

implorat

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From this reading Orat, implorat te--nempe, Martinus--ut si (quòd Dii faciant) fortè fortunâ, absente ipso, advenerit tardus cliens, eum certiorem feceris per literas hûc missas.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Commoratur nobiscum jamdiu, in agro Enfeldiense, scilicet, leguleius futurus, illustrissimus Martinus Burneius, otium agens, negotia nominalia, et officinam clientum vacuam, paululum fugiens.

Intelligisne

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From this reading Intelligisne? an me Anglicè et barbarice ad te hominem perdoctum scribere oportet?

ipso

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From this reading Orat, implorat te--nempe, Martinus--ut si (quòd Dii faciant) fortè fortunâ, absente ipso, advenerit tardus cliens, eum certiorem feceris per literas hûc missas.

istiusmodi

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From this reading Facundissime Poeta! quanquam istiusmodi epitheta oratoribus potiùs quam poetis attinere facilè scio--tamen, facundissime!

jamdiu

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From this reading Commoratur nobiscum jamdiu, in agro Enfeldiense, scilicet, leguleius futurus, illustrissimus Martinus Burneius, otium agens, negotia nominalia, et officinam clientum vacuam, paululum fugiens.

LAMBnounUS /læm/

young sheep

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO B.W. PROCTER February 2, 1829.

leguleius

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From this reading Commoratur nobiscum jamdiu, in agro Enfeldiense, scilicet, leguleius futurus, illustrissimus Martinus Burneius, otium agens, negotia nominalia, et officinam clientum vacuam, paululum fugiens.

literas

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From this reading Orat, implorat te--nempe, Martinus--ut si (quòd Dii faciant) fortè fortunâ, absente ipso, advenerit tardus cliens, eum certiorem feceris per literas hûc missas.

Martinus

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From this reading Commoratur nobiscum jamdiu, in agro Enfeldiense, scilicet, leguleius futurus, illustrissimus Martinus Burneius, otium agens, negotia nominalia, et officinam clientum vacuam, paululum fugiens.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Intelligisne? an me Anglicè et barbarice ad te hominem perdoctum scribere oportet?

missas

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From this reading Orat, implorat te--nempe, Martinus--ut si (quòd Dii faciant) fortè fortunâ, absente ipso, advenerit tardus cliens, eum certiorem feceris per literas hûc missas.

negotia

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From this reading Commoratur nobiscum jamdiu, in agro Enfeldiense, scilicet, leguleius futurus, illustrissimus Martinus Burneius, otium agens, negotia nominalia, et officinam clientum vacuam, paululum fugiens.

nempe

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From this reading Orat, implorat te--nempe, Martinus--ut si (quòd Dii faciant) fortè fortunâ, absente ipso, advenerit tardus cliens, eum certiorem feceris per literas hûc missas.

nobiscum

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From this reading Commoratur nobiscum jamdiu, in agro Enfeldiense, scilicet, leguleius futurus, illustrissimus Martinus Burneius, otium agens, negotia nominalia, et officinam clientum vacuam, paululum fugiens.

nominalia

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From this reading Commoratur nobiscum jamdiu, in agro Enfeldiense, scilicet, leguleius futurus, illustrissimus Martinus Burneius, otium agens, negotia nominalia, et officinam clientum vacuam, paululum fugiens.

officinam

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From this reading Commoratur nobiscum jamdiu, in agro Enfeldiense, scilicet, leguleius futurus, illustrissimus Martinus Burneius, otium agens, negotia nominalia, et officinam clientum vacuam, paululum fugiens.

oportet

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Orat

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From this reading Orat, implorat te--nempe, Martinus--ut si (quòd Dii faciant) fortè fortunâ, absente ipso, advenerit tardus cliens, eum certiorem feceris per literas hûc missas.

oratoribus

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From this reading Facundissime Poeta! quanquam istiusmodi epitheta oratoribus potiùs quam poetis attinere facilè scio--tamen, facundissime!

otium

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From this reading Commoratur nobiscum jamdiu, in agro Enfeldiense, scilicet, leguleius futurus, illustrissimus Martinus Burneius, otium agens, negotia nominalia, et officinam clientum vacuam, paululum fugiens.

paululum

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From this reading Commoratur nobiscum jamdiu, in agro Enfeldiense, scilicet, leguleius futurus, illustrissimus Martinus Burneius, otium agens, negotia nominalia, et officinam clientum vacuam, paululum fugiens.

perprepositionUS /pɜːr/

for each

From this reading Orat, implorat te--nempe, Martinus--ut si (quòd Dii faciant) fortè fortunâ, absente ipso, advenerit tardus cliens, eum certiorem feceris per literas hûc missas.

perdoctum

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From this reading Intelligisne? an me Anglicè et barbarice ad te hominem perdoctum scribere oportet?

Poeta

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From this reading Facundissime Poeta! quanquam istiusmodi epitheta oratoribus potiùs quam poetis attinere facilè scio--tamen, facundissime!

poetis

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From this reading Facundissime Poeta! quanquam istiusmodi epitheta oratoribus potiùs quam poetis attinere facilè scio--tamen, facundissime!

potiùs

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From this reading Facundissime Poeta! quanquam istiusmodi epitheta oratoribus potiùs quam poetis attinere facilè scio--tamen, facundissime!

PROCTER

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From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO B.W. PROCTER February 2, 1829.

quam

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From this reading Facundissime Poeta! quanquam istiusmodi epitheta oratoribus potiùs quam poetis attinere facilè scio--tamen, facundissime!

quanquam

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From this reading Facundissime Poeta! quanquam istiusmodi epitheta oratoribus potiùs quam poetis attinere facilè scio--tamen, facundissime!

quòd

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From this reading Orat, implorat te--nempe, Martinus--ut si (quòd Dii faciant) fortè fortunâ, absente ipso, advenerit tardus cliens, eum certiorem feceris per literas hûc missas.

scilicet

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scio

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From this reading Facundissime Poeta! quanquam istiusmodi epitheta oratoribus potiùs quam poetis attinere facilè scio--tamen, facundissime!

scribere

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sinounUS /siː/

a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors

From this reading Orat, implorat te--nempe, Martinus--ut si (quòd Dii faciant) fortè fortunâ, absente ipso, advenerit tardus cliens, eum certiorem feceris per literas hûc missas.

tamen

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From this reading Facundissime Poeta! quanquam istiusmodi epitheta oratoribus potiùs quam poetis attinere facilè scio--tamen, facundissime!

tardus

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tenounUS /tiː/

a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold

From this reading Orat, implorat te--nempe, Martinus--ut si (quòd Dii faciant) fortè fortunâ, absente ipso, advenerit tardus cliens, eum certiorem feceris per literas hûc missas.

TOparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO B.W. PROCTER February 2, 1829.

utnoun

the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere

From this reading Orat, implorat te--nempe, Martinus--ut si (quòd Dii faciant) fortè fortunâ, absente ipso, advenerit tardus cliens, eum certiorem feceris per literas hûc missas.

vacuam

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From this reading Commoratur nobiscum jamdiu, in agro Enfeldiense, scilicet, leguleius futurus, illustrissimus Martinus Burneius, otium agens, negotia nominalia, et officinam clientum vacuam, paululum fugiens.

WnounUS /ˈdʌbəljuː/

a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO B.W. PROCTER February 2, 1829.

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