Chapter 9 of The Works of Henry Fielding, Vol. 12 is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of The Works of Henry Fielding, Vol. 12 is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_May_. But, my dear, I have some news for you; I have got a place for myself now. _Mrs M_. O ho! then you will vote for my lord at last? _May_.
Chapter 9 of The Works of Henry Fielding, Vol. 12 is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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dearly loved
From this reading “But, my dear, I have some news for you; I have got a place for myself now.”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “But, my dear, I have some news for you; I have got a place for myself now.”
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading “O ho! then you will vote for my lord at last?”
a form of address for a married woman
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “But, my dear, I have some news for you; I have got a place for myself now.”
information about recent and important events
From this reading “But, my dear, I have some news for you; I have got a place for myself now.”
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “But, my dear, I have some news for you; I have got a place for myself now.”
a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
From this reading “O ho! then you will vote for my lord at last?”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “But, my dear, I have some news for you; I have got a place for myself now.”
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 But, my dear, I have some news for you; I have got a place for myself now.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading O ho! then you will vote for my lord at last?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, my dear, I have some news for you; I have got a place for myself now.
dearly loved
From this reading But, my dear, I have some news for you; I have got a place for myself now.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But, my dear, I have some news for you; I have got a place for myself now.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading But, my dear, I have some news for you; I have got a place for myself now.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But, my dear, I have some news for you; I have got a place for myself now.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
From this reading O ho! then you will vote for my lord at last?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But, my dear, I have some news for you; I have got a place for myself now.
immediately past
From this reading O ho! then you will vote for my lord at last?
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading O ho! then you will vote for my lord at last?
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading _Mrs M_.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading _May_.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading _Mrs M_.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But, my dear, I have some news for you; I have got a place for myself now.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading But, my dear, I have some news for you; I have got a place for myself now.
information about recent and important events
From this reading But, my dear, I have some news for you; I have got a place for myself now.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading But, my dear, I have some news for you; I have got a place for myself now.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O ho! then you will vote for my lord at last?
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading But, my dear, I have some news for you; I have got a place for myself now.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading But, my dear, I have some news for you; I have got a place for myself now.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading O ho! then you will vote for my lord at last?
a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
From this reading O ho! then you will vote for my lord at last?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading O ho! then you will vote for my lord at last?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But, my dear, I have some news for you; I have got a place for myself now.
Chapter 9 of The Works of Henry Fielding, Vol. 12 by Henry Fielding holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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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