Chapter 8 of The Works of Henry Fielding, vol. 12 is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Works of Henry Fielding, vol. 12 is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Sir H_. Say ye so, gentlemen? I begin to smoke you; your pulses have been felt, I perceive: and will you be bribed to sell your country? Where do you think these courtiers get the money they bribe you with, but from yourselves? Do you think a man who will give a bribe won't take one?
Chapter 8 of The Works of Henry Fielding, vol. 12 is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment
From this reading “Where do you think these courtiers get the money they bribe you with, but from yourselves?”
past form of “bribe” — make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
From this reading “I begin to smoke you; your pulses have been felt, I perceive: and will you be bribed to sell your country?”
plural of “courtier” — an attendant at the court of a sovereign
From this reading “Where do you think these courtiers get the money they bribe you with, but from yourselves?”
to become aware of through the senses
From this reading “I begin to smoke you; your pulses have been felt, I perceive: and will you be bribed to sell your country?”
plural of “pulse” — (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
From this reading “I begin to smoke you; your pulses have been felt, I perceive: and will you be bribed to sell your country?”
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading “I begin to smoke you; your pulses have been felt, I perceive: and will you be bribed to sell your country?”
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading “I begin to smoke you; your pulses have been felt, I perceive: and will you be bribed to sell your country?”
used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action
From this reading “Where do you think these courtiers get the money they bribe you with, but from yourselves?”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Do you think a man who will give a bribe won't take one?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I begin to smoke you; your pulses have been felt, I perceive: and will you be bribed to sell your country?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I begin to smoke you; your pulses have been felt, I perceive: and will you be bribed to sell your country?
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I begin to smoke you; your pulses have been felt, I perceive: and will you be bribed to sell your country?
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading I begin to smoke you; your pulses have been felt, I perceive: and will you be bribed to sell your country?
payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment
From this reading Where do you think these courtiers get the money they bribe you with, but from yourselves?
past form of “bribe” — make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
From this reading I begin to smoke you; your pulses have been felt, I perceive: and will you be bribed to sell your country?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Where do you think these courtiers get the money they bribe you with, but from yourselves?
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading I begin to smoke you; your pulses have been felt, I perceive: and will you be bribed to sell your country?
plural of “courtier” — an attendant at the court of a sovereign
From this reading Where do you think these courtiers get the money they bribe you with, but from yourselves?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Where do you think these courtiers get the money they bribe you with, but from yourselves?
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading I begin to smoke you; your pulses have been felt, I perceive: and will you be bribed to sell your country?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Where do you think these courtiers get the money they bribe you with, but from yourselves?
plural of “gentleman” — a man of refinement
From this reading Say ye so, gentlemen?
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Where do you think these courtiers get the money they bribe you with, but from yourselves?
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Do you think a man who will give a bribe won't take one?
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 _Sir H_.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I begin to smoke you; your pulses have been felt, I perceive: and will you be bribed to sell your country?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I begin to smoke you; your pulses have been felt, I perceive: and will you be bribed to sell your country?
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Do you think a man who will give a bribe won't take one?
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading Where do you think these courtiers get the money they bribe you with, but from yourselves?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Do you think a man who will give a bribe won't take one?
to become aware of through the senses
From this reading I begin to smoke you; your pulses have been felt, I perceive: and will you be bribed to sell your country?
plural of “pulse” — (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
From this reading I begin to smoke you; your pulses have been felt, I perceive: and will you be bribed to sell your country?
express in words
From this reading Say ye so, gentlemen?
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading I begin to smoke you; your pulses have been felt, I perceive: and will you be bribed to sell your country?
term of address for a man
From this reading _Sir H_.
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading I begin to smoke you; your pulses have been felt, I perceive: and will you be bribed to sell your country?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Say ye so, gentlemen?
carry out
From this reading Do you think a man who will give a bribe won't take one?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Where do you think these courtiers get the money they bribe you with, but from yourselves?
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Where do you think these courtiers get the money they bribe you with, but from yourselves?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Where do you think these courtiers get the money they bribe you with, but from yourselves?
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Where do you think these courtiers get the money they bribe you with, but from yourselves?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I begin to smoke you; your pulses have been felt, I perceive: and will you be bribed to sell your country?
in or at the place that
From this reading Where do you think these courtiers get the money they bribe you with, but from yourselves?
which person or people
From this reading Do you think a man who will give a bribe won't take one?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I begin to smoke you; your pulses have been felt, I perceive: and will you be bribed to sell your country?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Where do you think these courtiers get the money they bribe you with, but from yourselves?
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From this reading Do you think a man who will give a bribe won't take one?
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Say ye so, gentlemen?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I begin to smoke you; your pulses have been felt, I perceive: and will you be bribed to sell your country?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I begin to smoke you; your pulses have been felt, I perceive: and will you be bribed to sell your country?
used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action
From this reading Where do you think these courtiers get the money they bribe you with, but from yourselves?
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