Chapter 6 of The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Come, Landlord, as I think you honest, and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity-- _Landlord_. That was all, Sir, upon my veracity. _Mr. H._ For this time I will pass it over. Your name is Pry, I think? _Landlord_.
Chapter 6 of The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a state in which you want to learn more about something
From this reading “Come, Landlord, as I think you honest, and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity-- _Landlord_.”
devoid of good sense or judgment
From this reading “Come, Landlord, as I think you honest, and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity-- _Landlord_.”
make happy or satisfied
From this reading “Come, Landlord, as I think you honest, and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity-- _Landlord_.”
resulting from one's intentions
From this reading “Come, Landlord, as I think you honest, and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity-- _Landlord_.”
a landowner who leases to others
From this reading “Come, Landlord, as I think you honest, and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity-- _Landlord_.”
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
From this reading “Your name is Pry, I think?”
imagine to be the case or true or probable
From this reading “Come, Landlord, as I think you honest, and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity-- _Landlord_.”
unwillingness to tell lies
From this reading “That was all, Sir, upon my veracity.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Come, Landlord, as I think you honest, and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity-- _Landlord_.
(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 That was all, Sir, upon my veracity.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Come, Landlord, as I think you honest, and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity-- _Landlord_.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Come, Landlord, as I think you honest, and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity-- _Landlord_.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come, Landlord, as I think you honest, and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity-- _Landlord_.
a state in which you want to learn more about something
From this reading Come, Landlord, as I think you honest, and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity-- _Landlord_.
devoid of good sense or judgment
From this reading Come, Landlord, as I think you honest, and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity-- _Landlord_.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _Mr. H._ For this time I will pass it over.
make happy or satisfied
From this reading Come, Landlord, as I think you honest, and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity-- _Landlord_.
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 _Mr. H._ For this time I will pass it over.
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
From this reading Come, Landlord, as I think you honest, and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity-- _Landlord_.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Come, Landlord, as I think you honest, and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity-- _Landlord_.
resulting from one's intentions
From this reading Come, Landlord, as I think you honest, and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity-- _Landlord_.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Your name is Pry, I think?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _Mr. H._ For this time I will pass it over.
a landowner who leases to others
From this reading Come, Landlord, as I think you honest, and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity-- _Landlord_.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Come, Landlord, as I think you honest, and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity-- _Landlord_.
a form of address for a man
From this reading _Mr. H._ For this time I will pass it over.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading That was all, Sir, upon my veracity.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Your name is Pry, I think?
and nothing more
From this reading Come, Landlord, as I think you honest, and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity-- _Landlord_.
above and across; more than
From this reading _Mr. H._ For this time I will pass it over.
go across or through
From this reading _Mr. H._ For this time I will pass it over.
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
From this reading Your name is Pry, I think?
term of address for a man
From this reading That was all, Sir, upon my veracity.
imagine to be the case or true or probable
From this reading Come, Landlord, as I think you honest, and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity-- _Landlord_.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was all, Sir, upon my veracity.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Come, Landlord, as I think you honest, and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity-- _Landlord_.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _Mr. H._ For this time I will pass it over.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading _Mr. H._ For this time I will pass it over.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Come, Landlord, as I think you honest, and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity-- _Landlord_.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading That was all, Sir, upon my veracity.
unwillingness to tell lies
From this reading That was all, Sir, upon my veracity.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was all, Sir, upon my veracity.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading _Mr. H._ For this time I will pass it over.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Come, Landlord, as I think you honest, and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity-- _Landlord_.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your name is Pry, I think?
Chapter 6 of The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Charles Lamb holds 429 sentences, grouped into 86 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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