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

Chapter CCLXVII · Chapter 267

Chapter 267 of The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 is here in full — 36 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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CHARLES LAMB TO H.F. CARY [Dated at end:] Datum ab agro Enfeldiensi, Maii die sextâ, 1831.
Assidens est mihi bona soror, Euripiden evolvens, donum vestrum, carissime Cary, pro quo gratias agimus, lecturi atque iterum lecturi idem.
Pergratus est liber ambobus, nempe "Sacerdotis Commiserationis," sacrum opus a te ipso Humanissimae Religionis Sacerdote dono datum.
Lachrymantes gavisuri sumus; est ubi dolor fiat voluptas; nee semper dulce mihi est ridere; aliquando commutandum est he! he! he! cum heu! heu! heu!
A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."
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The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6

Chapter CCLXVII · Chapter 267

Chapter 267 of The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 is here in full — 36 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/7 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
CHARLES LAMB TO H.F. CARY [Dated at end:] Datum ab agro Enfeldiensi, Maii die sextâ, 1831.
Line 2
Assidens est mihi bona soror, Euripiden evolvens, donum vestrum, carissime Cary, pro quo gratias agimus, lecturi atque iterum lecturi idem.
Line 3
Pergratus est liber ambobus, nempe "Sacerdotis Commiserationis," sacrum opus a te ipso Humanissimae Religionis Sacerdote dono datum.
Line 4
Lachrymantes gavisuri sumus; est ubi dolor fiat voluptas; nee semper dulce mihi est ridere; aliquando commutandum est he! he! he! cum heu! heu! heu!
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A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

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cum noun US /kʌm/

the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

From this reading “Lachrymantes gavisuri sumus; est ubi dolor fiat voluptas; nee semper dulce mihi est ridere; aliquando commutandum est he! he! he! cum heu! heu! heu!”

Dated adjective US /ˈdeɪtɪd/

marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past

From this reading “CHARLES LAMB TO H.F. CARY [Dated at end:] Datum ab agro Enfeldiensi, Maii die sextâ, 1831.”

datum noun US /ˈdætəm/

an item of factual information derived from measurement or research

From this reading “CHARLES LAMB TO H.F. CARY [Dated at end:] Datum ab agro Enfeldiensi, Maii die sextâ, 1831.”

est noun US /est/

standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States

From this reading “Assidens est mihi bona soror, Euripiden evolvens, donum vestrum, carissime Cary, pro quo gratias agimus, lecturi atque iterum lecturi idem.”

fiat noun US /ˈfaɪæt/

a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

From this reading “Lachrymantes gavisuri sumus; est ubi dolor fiat voluptas; nee semper dulce mihi est ridere; aliquando commutandum est he! he! he! cum heu! heu! heu!”

nee adjective US /niː/

(meaning literally “born”) used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman

From this reading “Lachrymantes gavisuri sumus; est ubi dolor fiat voluptas; nee semper dulce mihi est ridere; aliquando commutandum est he! he! he! cum heu! heu! heu!”

opus noun US /ˈoʊpəs/

a musical work that has been created

From this reading “Pergratus est liber ambobus, nempe "Sacerdotis Commiserationis," sacrum opus a te ipso Humanissimae Religionis Sacerdote dono datum.”

pro noun US /proʊ/

an athlete who plays for pay

From this reading “Assidens est mihi bona soror, Euripiden evolvens, donum vestrum, carissime Cary, pro quo gratias agimus, lecturi atque iterum lecturi idem.”

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1831

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From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO H.F. CARY [Dated at end:] Datum ab agro Enfeldiensi, Maii die sextâ, 1831.

adeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading Pergratus est liber ambobus, nempe "Sacerdotis Commiserationis," sacrum opus a te ipso Humanissimae Religionis Sacerdote dono datum.

abnounUS /æb/

a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO H.F. CARY [Dated at end:] Datum ab agro Enfeldiensi, Maii die sextâ, 1831.

abhorruisse

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From this reading A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."

agimus

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From this reading Assidens est mihi bona soror, Euripiden evolvens, donum vestrum, carissime Cary, pro quo gratias agimus, lecturi atque iterum lecturi idem.

agro

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From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO H.F. CARY [Dated at end:] Datum ab agro Enfeldiensi, Maii die sextâ, 1831.

aliquando

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From this reading Lachrymantes gavisuri sumus; est ubi dolor fiat voluptas; nee semper dulce mihi est ridere; aliquando commutandum est he! he! he! cum heu! heu! heu!

ambobus

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From this reading Pergratus est liber ambobus, nempe "Sacerdotis Commiserationis," sacrum opus a te ipso Humanissimae Religionis Sacerdote dono datum.

Assidens

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From this reading Assidens est mihi bona soror, Euripiden evolvens, donum vestrum, carissime Cary, pro quo gratias agimus, lecturi atque iterum lecturi idem.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO H.F. CARY [Dated at end:] Datum ab agro Enfeldiensi, Maii die sextâ, 1831.

atque

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From this reading Assidens est mihi bona soror, Euripiden evolvens, donum vestrum, carissime Cary, pro quo gratias agimus, lecturi atque iterum lecturi idem.

autore

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From this reading A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."

bona

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From this reading Assidens est mihi bona soror, Euripiden evolvens, donum vestrum, carissime Cary, pro quo gratias agimus, lecturi atque iterum lecturi idem.

Calamitosum

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From this reading A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."

carissime

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From this reading Assidens est mihi bona soror, Euripiden evolvens, donum vestrum, carissime Cary, pro quo gratias agimus, lecturi atque iterum lecturi idem.

Carmen

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From this reading A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."

CARY

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From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO H.F. CARY [Dated at end:] Datum ab agro Enfeldiensi, Maii die sextâ, 1831.

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 H.F. CARY [Dated at end:] Datum ab agro Enfeldiensi, Maii die sextâ, 1831.

Commiserationis

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From this reading Pergratus est liber ambobus, nempe "Sacerdotis Commiserationis," sacrum opus a te ipso Humanissimae Religionis Sacerdote dono datum.

commutandum

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From this reading Lachrymantes gavisuri sumus; est ubi dolor fiat voluptas; nee semper dulce mihi est ridere; aliquando commutandum est he! he! he! cum heu! heu! heu!

cumnounUS /kʌm/

the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

From this reading Lachrymantes gavisuri sumus; est ubi dolor fiat voluptas; nee semper dulce mihi est ridere; aliquando commutandum est he! he! he! cum heu! heu! heu!

DatedadjectiveUS /ˈdeɪtɪd/

marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO H.F. CARY [Dated at end:] Datum ab agro Enfeldiensi, Maii die sextâ, 1831.

DatumnounUS /ˈdætəm/

an item of factual information derived from measurement or research

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO H.F. CARY [Dated at end:] Datum ab agro Enfeldiensi, Maii die sextâ, 1831.

dieverbUS /daɪ/

pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO H.F. CARY [Dated at end:] Datum ab agro Enfeldiensi, Maii die sextâ, 1831.

dolornoun

(poetry) painful grief

From this reading Lachrymantes gavisuri sumus; est ubi dolor fiat voluptas; nee semper dulce mihi est ridere; aliquando commutandum est he! he! he! cum heu! heu! heu!

dono

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From this reading Pergratus est liber ambobus, nempe "Sacerdotis Commiserationis," sacrum opus a te ipso Humanissimae Religionis Sacerdote dono datum.

donum

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From this reading Assidens est mihi bona soror, Euripiden evolvens, donum vestrum, carissime Cary, pro quo gratias agimus, lecturi atque iterum lecturi idem.

dulce

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From this reading Lachrymantes gavisuri sumus; est ubi dolor fiat voluptas; nee semper dulce mihi est ridere; aliquando commutandum est he! he! he! cum heu! heu! heu!

endnounUS /end/

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO H.F. CARY [Dated at end:] Datum ab agro Enfeldiensi, Maii die sextâ, 1831.

Enfeldiensi

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From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO H.F. CARY [Dated at end:] Datum ab agro Enfeldiensi, Maii die sextâ, 1831.

estnounUS /est/

standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States

From this reading Assidens est mihi bona soror, Euripiden evolvens, donum vestrum, carissime Cary, pro quo gratias agimus, lecturi atque iterum lecturi idem.

et

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From this reading A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."

Euripiden

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From this reading Assidens est mihi bona soror, Euripiden evolvens, donum vestrum, carissime Cary, pro quo gratias agimus, lecturi atque iterum lecturi idem.

evolvens

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From this reading Assidens est mihi bona soror, Euripiden evolvens, donum vestrum, carissime Cary, pro quo gratias agimus, lecturi atque iterum lecturi idem.

FnounUS /ef/

a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO H.F. CARY [Dated at end:] Datum ab agro Enfeldiensi, Maii die sextâ, 1831.

fiatnounUS /ˈfaɪæt/

a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

From this reading Lachrymantes gavisuri sumus; est ubi dolor fiat voluptas; nee semper dulce mihi est ridere; aliquando commutandum est he! he! he! cum heu! heu! heu!

gavisuri

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From this reading Lachrymantes gavisuri sumus; est ubi dolor fiat voluptas; nee semper dulce mihi est ridere; aliquando commutandum est he! he! he! cum heu! heu! heu!

gratias

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From this reading Assidens est mihi bona soror, Euripiden evolvens, donum vestrum, carissime Cary, pro quo gratias agimus, lecturi atque iterum lecturi idem.

HnounUS /eɪtʃ/

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO H.F. CARY [Dated at end:] Datum ab agro Enfeldiensi, Maii die sextâ, 1831.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Lachrymantes gavisuri sumus; est ubi dolor fiat voluptas; nee semper dulce mihi est ridere; aliquando commutandum est he! he! he! cum heu! heu! heu!

heu

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From this reading Lachrymantes gavisuri sumus; est ubi dolor fiat voluptas; nee semper dulce mihi est ridere; aliquando commutandum est he! he! he! cum heu! heu! heu!

Humanissimae

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From this reading Pergratus est liber ambobus, nempe "Sacerdotis Commiserationis," sacrum opus a te ipso Humanissimae Religionis Sacerdote dono datum.

idem

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From this reading Assidens est mihi bona soror, Euripiden evolvens, donum vestrum, carissime Cary, pro quo gratias agimus, lecturi atque iterum lecturi idem.

ipso

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From this reading Pergratus est liber ambobus, nempe "Sacerdotis Commiserationis," sacrum opus a te ipso Humanissimae Religionis Sacerdote dono datum.

Islington

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From this reading A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."

iterum

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From this reading Assidens est mihi bona soror, Euripiden evolvens, donum vestrum, carissime Cary, pro quo gratias agimus, lecturi atque iterum lecturi idem.

Lachrymantes

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From this reading Lachrymantes gavisuri sumus; est ubi dolor fiat voluptas; nee semper dulce mihi est ridere; aliquando commutandum est he! he! he! cum heu! heu! heu!

LAMBnounUS /læm/

young sheep

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO H.F. CARY [Dated at end:] Datum ab agro Enfeldiensi, Maii die sextâ, 1831.

Latine

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From this reading A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."

lecturi

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From this reading Assidens est mihi bona soror, Euripiden evolvens, donum vestrum, carissime Cary, pro quo gratias agimus, lecturi atque iterum lecturi idem.

lestis

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From this reading A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."

liber

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From this reading Pergratus est liber ambobus, nempe "Sacerdotis Commiserationis," sacrum opus a te ipso Humanissimae Religionis Sacerdote dono datum.

linguâ

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From this reading A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."

Maii

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From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO H.F. CARY [Dated at end:] Datum ab agro Enfeldiensi, Maii die sextâ, 1831.

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."

mihi

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From this reading Assidens est mihi bona soror, Euripiden evolvens, donum vestrum, carissime Cary, pro quo gratias agimus, lecturi atque iterum lecturi idem.

Musis

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From this reading A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."

neeadjectiveUS /niː/

(meaning literally “born”) used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman

From this reading Lachrymantes gavisuri sumus; est ubi dolor fiat voluptas; nee semper dulce mihi est ridere; aliquando commutandum est he! he! he! cum heu! heu! heu!

nempe

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From this reading Pergratus est liber ambobus, nempe "Sacerdotis Commiserationis," sacrum opus a te ipso Humanissimae Religionis Sacerdote dono datum.

nescio

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From this reading A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."

nonadverbUS /nɑːn/

negation of a word or group of words

From this reading A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."

nuperrimè

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From this reading A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."

opusnounUS /ˈoʊpəs/

a musical work that has been created

From this reading Pergratus est liber ambobus, nempe "Sacerdotis Commiserationis," sacrum opus a te ipso Humanissimae Religionis Sacerdote dono datum.

penitus

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From this reading A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."

Pergratus

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From this reading Pergratus est liber ambobus, nempe "Sacerdotis Commiserationis," sacrum opus a te ipso Humanissimae Religionis Sacerdote dono datum.

prius

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From this reading A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."

pronounUS /proʊ/

an athlete who plays for pay

From this reading Assidens est mihi bona soror, Euripiden evolvens, donum vestrum, carissime Cary, pro quo gratias agimus, lecturi atque iterum lecturi idem.

quo

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From this reading Assidens est mihi bona soror, Euripiden evolvens, donum vestrum, carissime Cary, pro quo gratias agimus, lecturi atque iterum lecturi idem.

Religionis

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From this reading Pergratus est liber ambobus, nempe "Sacerdotis Commiserationis," sacrum opus a te ipso Humanissimae Religionis Sacerdote dono datum.

ridere

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From this reading Lachrymantes gavisuri sumus; est ubi dolor fiat voluptas; nee semper dulce mihi est ridere; aliquando commutandum est he! he! he! cum heu! heu! heu!

Sacerdote

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From this reading Pergratus est liber ambobus, nempe "Sacerdotis Commiserationis," sacrum opus a te ipso Humanissimae Religionis Sacerdote dono datum.

Sacerdotis

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From this reading Pergratus est liber ambobus, nempe "Sacerdotis Commiserationis," sacrum opus a te ipso Humanissimae Religionis Sacerdote dono datum.

sacrumnoun

wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx

From this reading Pergratus est liber ambobus, nempe "Sacerdotis Commiserationis," sacrum opus a te ipso Humanissimae Religionis Sacerdote dono datum.

scilicet

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From this reading A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."

scriptum

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From this reading A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."

semper

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From this reading Lachrymantes gavisuri sumus; est ubi dolor fiat voluptas; nee semper dulce mihi est ridere; aliquando commutandum est he! he! he! cum heu! heu! heu!

sextâ

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From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO H.F. CARY [Dated at end:] Datum ab agro Enfeldiensi, Maii die sextâ, 1831.

sitverbUS /sɪt/

be seated

From this reading A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."

soror

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From this reading Assidens est mihi bona soror, Euripiden evolvens, donum vestrum, carissime Cary, pro quo gratias agimus, lecturi atque iterum lecturi idem.

sumus

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From this reading Lachrymantes gavisuri sumus; est ubi dolor fiat voluptas; nee semper dulce mihi est ridere; aliquando commutandum est he! he! he! cum heu! heu! heu!

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 Pergratus est liber ambobus, nempe "Sacerdotis Commiserationis," sacrum opus a te ipso Humanissimae Religionis Sacerdote dono datum.

TOparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading CHARLES LAMB TO H.F. CARY [Dated at end:] Datum ab agro Enfeldiensi, Maii die sextâ, 1831.

TomnounUS /tɑːm/

male cat

From this reading A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."

Tragicis

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From this reading A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."

ubi

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From this reading Lachrymantes gavisuri sumus; est ubi dolor fiat voluptas; nee semper dulce mihi est ridere; aliquando commutandum est he! he! he! cum heu! heu! heu!

vernaculi

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From this reading A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."

versum

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From this reading A Musis Tragicis me non penitus abhorruisse lestis sit Carmen Calamitosum, nescio quo autore linguâ prius vernaculi scriptum, et nuperrimè a me ipso Latine versum, scilicet, "Tom Tom of Islington."

vestrum

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From this reading Assidens est mihi bona soror, Euripiden evolvens, donum vestrum, carissime Cary, pro quo gratias agimus, lecturi atque iterum lecturi idem.

voluptas

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From this reading Lachrymantes gavisuri sumus; est ubi dolor fiat voluptas; nee semper dulce mihi est ridere; aliquando commutandum est he! he! he! cum heu! heu! heu!

Chapter 267 of The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 by Charles Lamb holds 36 sentences, grouped into 8 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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