Chapter 250 of The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 is here in full — 18 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 250 of The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 is here in full — 18 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CHARLES LAMB TO EDWARD MOXON Enfield, Tuesday. [P.M. May 12, 1830.] Dear M. I dined with your and my Rogers at Mr. Gary's yesterday. Gary consulted me on the proper bookseller to offer a Lady's MS novel to. I said I would write to you.
Chapter 250 of The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 is here in full — 18 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the proprietor of a bookstore
From this reading “Gary consulted me on the proper bookseller to offer a Lady's MS novel to.”
past form of “consult” — get or ask advice from
From this reading “Gary consulted me on the proper bookseller to offer a Lady's MS novel to.”
past form of “dine” — have supper; eat dinner
From this reading “Dear M. I dined with your and my Rogers at Mr. Gary's yesterday.”
a city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan; steel production
From this reading “Dear M. I dined with your and my Rogers at Mr. Gary's yesterday.”
possessive form of “gary” — a city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan; steel production
From this reading “Dear M. I dined with your and my Rogers at Mr. Gary's yesterday.”
young sheep
From this reading “CHARLES LAMB TO EDWARD MOXON Enfield, Tuesday.”
United States humorist remembered for his homespun commentary on politics and American society (1879-1935)
From this reading “Dear M. I dined with your and my Rogers at Mr. Gary's yesterday.”
the third day of the week; the second working day
From this reading “CHARLES LAMB TO EDWARD MOXON Enfield, Tuesday.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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From this reading [P.M. May 12, 1830.]
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [P.M. May 12, 1830.]
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Gary consulted me on the proper bookseller to offer a Lady's MS novel to.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dear M. I dined with your and my Rogers at Mr. Gary's yesterday.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Dear M. I dined with your and my Rogers at Mr. Gary's yesterday.
the proprietor of a bookstore
From this reading Gary consulted me on the proper bookseller to offer a Lady's MS novel to.
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 EDWARD MOXON Enfield, Tuesday.
past form of “consult” — get or ask advice from
From this reading Gary consulted me on the proper bookseller to offer a Lady's MS novel to.
dearly loved
From this reading Dear M. I dined with your and my Rogers at Mr. Gary's yesterday.
past form of “dine” — have supper; eat dinner
From this reading Dear M. I dined with your and my Rogers at Mr. Gary's yesterday.
King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO EDWARD MOXON Enfield, Tuesday.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO EDWARD MOXON Enfield, Tuesday.
a city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan; steel production
From this reading Gary consulted me on the proper bookseller to offer a Lady's MS novel to.
possessive form of “gary” — a city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan; steel production
From this reading Dear M. I dined with your and my Rogers at Mr. Gary's yesterday.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Dear M. I dined with your and my Rogers at Mr. Gary's yesterday.
possessive form of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading Gary consulted me on the proper bookseller to offer a Lady's MS novel to.
young sheep
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO EDWARD MOXON Enfield, Tuesday.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading [P.M. May 12, 1830.]
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading [P.M. May 12, 1830.]
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Gary consulted me on the proper bookseller to offer a Lady's MS novel to.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO EDWARD MOXON Enfield, Tuesday.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Dear M. I dined with your and my Rogers at Mr. Gary's yesterday.
a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
From this reading Gary consulted me on the proper bookseller to offer a Lady's MS novel to.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Dear M. I dined with your and my Rogers at Mr. Gary's yesterday.
an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
From this reading Gary consulted me on the proper bookseller to offer a Lady's MS novel to.
make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading Gary consulted me on the proper bookseller to offer a Lady's MS novel to.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Gary consulted me on the proper bookseller to offer a Lady's MS novel to.
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 [P.M. May 12, 1830.]
marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
From this reading Gary consulted me on the proper bookseller to offer a Lady's MS novel to.
United States humorist remembered for his homespun commentary on politics and American society (1879-1935)
From this reading Dear M. I dined with your and my Rogers at Mr. Gary's yesterday.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading I said I would write to you.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Gary consulted me on the proper bookseller to offer a Lady's MS novel to.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO EDWARD MOXON Enfield, Tuesday.
the third day of the week; the second working day
From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO EDWARD MOXON Enfield, Tuesday.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Dear M. I dined with your and my Rogers at Mr. Gary's yesterday.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I said I would write to you.
produce a literary work
From this reading I said I would write to you.
the day immediately before today
From this reading Dear M. I dined with your and my Rogers at Mr. Gary's yesterday.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I said I would write to you.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Dear M. I dined with your and my Rogers at Mr. Gary's yesterday.
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