Chapter 15 of A Treatise on Domestic Economy is here in full — 28 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of A Treatise on Domestic Economy is here in full — 28 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ON GIVING IN CHARITY. No Point of Duty more difficult to fix by Rule, than Charity. First Consideration;--Object for which we are placed in this World. How to be perfectly happy. Self-denying Benevolence.
Chapter 15 of A Treatise on Domestic Economy is here in full — 28 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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The quality of being well meaning; kindness and generosity. (Lòng nhân ái, sự nhân từ độ lượng.)
From this reading “Self-denying Benevolence.”
a foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals)
From this reading “ON GIVING IN CHARITY.”
the process of giving careful thought to something
From this reading “First Consideration;--Object for which we are placed in this World.”
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading “No Point of Duty more difficult to fix by Rule, than Charity.”
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading “No Point of Duty more difficult to fix by Rule, than Charity.”
a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
From this reading “First Consideration;--Object for which we are placed in this World.”
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “How to be perfectly happy.”
a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
From this reading “No Point of Duty more difficult to fix by Rule, than Charity.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading First Consideration;--Object for which we are placed in this World.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading How to be perfectly happy.
The quality of being well meaning; kindness and generosity. (Lòng nhân ái, sự nhân từ độ lượng.)
From this reading Self-denying Benevolence.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading No Point of Duty more difficult to fix by Rule, than Charity.
a foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals)
From this reading ON GIVING IN CHARITY.
the process of giving careful thought to something
From this reading First Consideration;--Object for which we are placed in this World.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading No Point of Duty more difficult to fix by Rule, than Charity.
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading No Point of Duty more difficult to fix by Rule, than Charity.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading First Consideration;--Object for which we are placed in this World.
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading No Point of Duty more difficult to fix by Rule, than Charity.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading First Consideration;--Object for which we are placed in this World.
the act of giving
From this reading ON GIVING IN CHARITY.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading How to be perfectly happy.
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From this reading How to be perfectly happy.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ON GIVING IN CHARITY.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading No Point of Duty more difficult to fix by Rule, than Charity.
not any; not one
From this reading No Point of Duty more difficult to fix by Rule, than Charity.
a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
From this reading First Consideration;--Object for which we are placed in this World.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading No Point of Duty more difficult to fix by Rule, than Charity.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON GIVING IN CHARITY.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading How to be perfectly happy.
situated in a particular spot or position
From this reading First Consideration;--Object for which we are placed in this World.
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading No Point of Duty more difficult to fix by Rule, than Charity.
a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
From this reading No Point of Duty more difficult to fix by Rule, than Charity.
willing to deprive yourself
From this reading Self-denying Benevolence.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading No Point of Duty more difficult to fix by Rule, than Charity.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading First Consideration;--Object for which we are placed in this World.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading No Point of Duty more difficult to fix by Rule, than Charity.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading First Consideration;--Object for which we are placed in this World.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading First Consideration;--Object for which we are placed in this World.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading First Consideration;--Object for which we are placed in this World.
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