Chapter 6 of A Century Too Soon: The Age of Tyranny is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of A Century Too Soon: The Age of Tyranny is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE ISLAND OF DESOLATION. I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. O Solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place. --COWPER.
Chapter 6 of A Century Too Soon: The Age of Tyranny is here in full — 194 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “alarm” — fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading “Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.”
English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709)
From this reading “--COWPER.”
the state of being decayed or destroyed
From this reading “THE ISLAND OF DESOLATION.”
take exception to
From this reading “I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.”
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
From this reading “I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.”
a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
From this reading “I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.”
plural of “sage” — a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
From this reading “O Solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face?”
a detailed critical inspection
From this reading “I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.”
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plural of “alarm” — fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading O Solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face?
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
a cruelly rapacious person
From this reading I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
a low-lying region in central France
From this reading I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
plural of “charm” — attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
From this reading O Solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face?
English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709)
From this reading --COWPER.
the state of being decayed or destroyed
From this reading THE ISLAND OF DESOLATION.
take exception to
From this reading I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
think moodily or anxiously about something
From this reading Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading O Solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face?
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
From this reading I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading O Solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face?
provoking horror
From this reading Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading O Solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading THE ISLAND OF DESOLATION.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
the location of something surrounded by other things
From this reading Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
From this reading I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
not one, and not any
From this reading I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
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 Solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE ISLAND OF DESOLATION.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
have sovereign power
From this reading Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
precisely, exactly
From this reading I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
plural of “sage” — a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
From this reading O Solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face?
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading O Solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face?
a state of social isolation
From this reading O Solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face?
a detailed critical inspection
From this reading I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading O Solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ISLAND OF DESOLATION.
in or at that place or location
From this reading I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading O Solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
in or at the place that
From this reading O Solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face?
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