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Love Letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Volume 2 (of 2)
Love Letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Volume 2 (of 2)

Chapter IV

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Give my blessing to our daughter.
THY LOVINGEST HUSBAND.
Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.
By Mr. Fuller.
TO MRS.
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Love Letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Volume 2 (of 2)

Chapter IV

Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Give my blessing to our daughter.
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THY LOVINGEST HUSBAND.
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Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.
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By Mr. Fuller.
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TO MRS.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

THY determiner US /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading “THY LOVINGEST HUSBAND.”

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13

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From this reading Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.

AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.

blessing

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From this reading Give my blessing to our daughter.

Boston

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From this reading Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.

ByprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading By Mr. Fuller.

Care

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From this reading Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.

daughter

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From this reading Give my blessing to our daughter.

Dr

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From this reading Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.

Fuller

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From this reading By Mr. Fuller.

Give

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From this reading Give my blessing to our daughter.

Hawthorne

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From this reading Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.

HUSBAND

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From this reading THY LOVINGEST HUSBAND.

LOVINGEST

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From this reading THY LOVINGEST HUSBAND.

Mr

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From this reading By Mr. Fuller.

Mrs

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From this reading Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Give my blessing to our daughter.

N

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From this reading Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Give my blessing to our daughter.

Peabody

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From this reading Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.

Sophia

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From this reading Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.

THYdeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading THY LOVINGEST HUSBAND.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Give my blessing to our daughter.

West-street

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From this reading Mrs. Sophia A. Hawthorne, Care of Dr. N. Peabody, 13 West-street, Boston.