Chapter 6 of Verena in the Midst: A Kind of a Story is here in full — 368 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Verena in the Midst: A Kind of a Story is here in full — 368 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
R. H. The poem:— Why do our joys depart For cares to seize the heart? I know not. Nature says, Obey; and man obeys. I see, and know not why Thorns live and roses die.
Chapter 6 of Verena in the Midst: A Kind of a Story is here in full — 368 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “care” — the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading “The poem:— Why do our joys depart For cares to seize the heart?”
move away from a place into another direction
From this reading “The poem:— Why do our joys depart For cares to seize the heart?”
plural of “joy” — the emotion of great happiness
From this reading “The poem:— Why do our joys depart For cares to seize the heart?”
be obedient to
From this reading “Nature says, Obey; and man obeys.”
third-person singular of “obey” — be obedient to
From this reading “Nature says, Obey; and man obeys.”
a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
From this reading “The poem:— Why do our joys depart For cares to seize the heart?”
take hold of; grab
From this reading “The poem:— Why do our joys depart For cares to seize the heart?”
plural of “thorn” — something that causes irritation and annoyance
From this reading “I see, and know not why Thorns live and roses die.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Nature says, Obey; and man obeys.
plural of “care” — the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading The poem:— Why do our joys depart For cares to seize the heart?
move away from a place into another direction
From this reading The poem:— Why do our joys depart For cares to seize the heart?
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading I see, and know not why Thorns live and roses die.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading The poem:— Why do our joys depart For cares to seize the heart?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The poem:— Why do our joys depart For cares to seize the heart?
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 R. H.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading The poem:— Why do our joys depart For cares to seize the heart?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I know not.
plural of “joy” — the emotion of great happiness
From this reading The poem:— Why do our joys depart For cares to seize the heart?
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I know not.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading I see, and know not why Thorns live and roses die.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Nature says, Obey; and man obeys.
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading Nature says, Obey; and man obeys.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I know not.
be obedient to
From this reading Nature says, Obey; and man obeys.
third-person singular of “obey” — be obedient to
From this reading Nature says, Obey; and man obeys.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The poem:— Why do our joys depart For cares to seize the heart?
a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
From this reading The poem:— Why do our joys depart For cares to seize the heart?
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading R. H.
plural of “rose” — any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading I see, and know not why Thorns live and roses die.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading Nature says, Obey; and man obeys.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I see, and know not why Thorns live and roses die.
take hold of; grab
From this reading The poem:— Why do our joys depart For cares to seize the heart?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The poem:— Why do our joys depart For cares to seize the heart?
plural of “thorn” — something that causes irritation and annoyance
From this reading I see, and know not why Thorns live and roses die.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The poem:— Why do our joys depart For cares to seize the heart?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading The poem:— Why do our joys depart For cares to seize the heart?
Chapter 6 of Verena in the Midst: A Kind of a Story by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas holds 368 sentences, grouped into 74 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.
Chapter 6 holds 368 sentences of Verena in the Midst: A Kind of a Story, unabridged, divided into 74 reading sections.
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