Chapter 13 of A Danish Parsonage is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of A Danish Parsonage is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Good God, how sweet are all things here! How beautiful the fields appear! How cleanly do we feed and lie! Lord, what good hours do we keep; How quietly we sleep! What peace! what unanimity!
Chapter 13 of A Danish Parsonage is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “How beautiful the fields appear!”
smoothly and without difficulty; precisely and deftly
From this reading “How cleanly do we feed and lie!”
provide as food
From this reading “How cleanly do we feed and lie!”
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
From this reading “How beautiful the fields appear!”
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading “How cleanly do we feed and lie!”
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading “What peace! what unanimity!”
with low volume
From this reading “Lord, what good hours do we keep; How quietly we sleep!”
everyone being of one mind
From this reading “What peace! what unanimity!”
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In this reading “"Good God, how sweet are all things here!”
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(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 "Good God, how sweet are all things here!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading How cleanly do we feed and lie!
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading How beautiful the fields appear!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Good God, how sweet are all things here!
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading How beautiful the fields appear!
smoothly and without difficulty; precisely and deftly
From this reading How cleanly do we feed and lie!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading How cleanly do we feed and lie!
provide as food
From this reading How cleanly do we feed and lie!
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
From this reading How beautiful the fields appear!
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading "Good God, how sweet are all things here!
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Good God, how sweet are all things here!
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Good God, how sweet are all things here!
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading Lord, what good hours do we keep; How quietly we sleep!
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From this reading "Good God, how sweet are all things here!
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Lord, what good hours do we keep; How quietly we sleep!
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading How cleanly do we feed and lie!
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Lord, what good hours do we keep; How quietly we sleep!
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading What peace! what unanimity!
with low volume
From this reading Lord, what good hours do we keep; How quietly we sleep!
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading Lord, what good hours do we keep; How quietly we sleep!
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading "Good God, how sweet are all things here!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading How beautiful the fields appear!
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading "Good God, how sweet are all things here!
everyone being of one mind
From this reading What peace! what unanimity!
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading How cleanly do we feed and lie!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Lord, what good hours do we keep; How quietly we sleep!
Chapter 13 of A Danish Parsonage by John Fulford Vicary holds 190 sentences, grouped into 38 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 13 holds 190 sentences of A Danish Parsonage, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of A Danish Parsonage by John Fulford Vicary exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 190 sentences, grouped into 38 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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