Chapter 29 of Zanoni is here in full — 68 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of Zanoni is here in full — 68 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Tristis Erinnys Praetulit infaustas sanguinolenta faces. Ovid. (Erinnys, doleful and bloody, extends the unblessed torches.) And they placed the child in the father’s arms! As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
Chapter 29 of Zanoni is here in full — 68 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading “As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!”
having or covered with or accompanied by blood
From this reading “(Erinnys, doleful and bloody, extends the unblessed torches.)”
filled with or evoking sadness
From this reading “(Erinnys, doleful and bloody, extends the unblessed torches.)”
third-person singular of “extend” — extend in scope or range or area
From this reading “(Erinnys, doleful and bloody, extends the unblessed torches.)”
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading “As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!”
without speaking
From this reading “As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!”
plural of “torch” — a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
From this reading “(Erinnys, doleful and bloody, extends the unblessed torches.)”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading (Erinnys, doleful and bloody, extends the unblessed torches.)
weapons considered collectively
From this reading And they placed the child in the father’s arms!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
having or covered with or accompanied by blood
From this reading (Erinnys, doleful and bloody, extends the unblessed torches.)
a young person of either sex
From this reading And they placed the child in the father’s arms!
filled with or evoking sadness
From this reading (Erinnys, doleful and bloody, extends the unblessed torches.)
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From this reading Tristis Erinnys Praetulit infaustas sanguinolenta faces.
third-person singular of “extend” — extend in scope or range or area
From this reading (Erinnys, doleful and bloody, extends the unblessed torches.)
opinion or judgment
From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Tristis Erinnys Praetulit infaustas sanguinolenta faces.
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading And they placed the child in the father’s arms!
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
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From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
characteristic of humanity
From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And they placed the child in the father’s arms!
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From this reading Tristis Erinnys Praetulit infaustas sanguinolenta faces.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
above and across; more than
From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
Roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 BC - AD 17)
From this reading Ovid.
situated in a particular spot or position
From this reading And they placed the child in the father’s arms!
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From this reading Tristis Erinnys Praetulit infaustas sanguinolenta faces.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tristis Erinnys Praetulit infaustas sanguinolenta faces.
without speaking
From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading (Erinnys, doleful and bloody, extends the unblessed torches.)
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And they placed the child in the father’s arms!
plural of “torch” — a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
From this reading (Erinnys, doleful and bloody, extends the unblessed torches.)
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From this reading Tristis Erinnys Praetulit infaustas sanguinolenta faces.
not provided with something desirable
From this reading (Erinnys, doleful and bloody, extends the unblessed torches.)
Chapter 29 of Zanoni by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton holds 68 sentences, grouped into 14 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 29 holds 68 sentences of Zanoni, unabridged, divided into 14 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 29 of Zanoni by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 68 sentences, grouped into 14 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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