Chapter 17 of A Treatise on Domestic Economy is here in full — 21 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of A Treatise on Domestic Economy is here in full — 21 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ON HEALTH OF MIND. Intimate Connection between the Body and Mind. Brain excited by improper Stimulants taken into the Stomach. Mental Faculties then affected. Example of a Person having lost a Portion of his Skull.
Chapter 17 of A Treatise on Domestic Economy is here in full — 21 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
From this reading “Intimate Connection between the Body and Mind.”
plural of “faculty” — one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
From this reading “Mental Faculties then affected.”
not suitable or right or appropriate
From this reading “Brain excited by improper Stimulants taken into the Stomach.”
marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
From this reading “Intimate Connection between the Body and Mind.”
involving the mind or an intellectual process
From this reading “Mental Faculties then affected.”
the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
From this reading “Example of a Person having lost a Portion of his Skull.”
plural of “stimulant” — any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
From this reading “Brain excited by improper Stimulants taken into the Stomach.”
an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
From this reading “Brain excited by improper Stimulants taken into the Stomach.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Example of a Person having lost a Portion of his Skull.
acted upon; influenced
From this reading Mental Faculties then affected.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Intimate Connection between the Body and Mind.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Intimate Connection between the Body and Mind.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading Intimate Connection between the Body and Mind.
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading Brain excited by improper Stimulants taken into the Stomach.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Brain excited by improper Stimulants taken into the Stomach.
a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
From this reading Intimate Connection between the Body and Mind.
an item of information that is typical of a class or group
From this reading Example of a Person having lost a Portion of his Skull.
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading Brain excited by improper Stimulants taken into the Stomach.
plural of “faculty” — one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
From this reading Mental Faculties then affected.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Example of a Person having lost a Portion of his Skull.
a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
From this reading ON HEALTH OF MIND.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Example of a Person having lost a Portion of his Skull.
not suitable or right or appropriate
From this reading Brain excited by improper Stimulants taken into the Stomach.
marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
From this reading Intimate Connection between the Body and Mind.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Brain excited by improper Stimulants taken into the Stomach.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading Example of a Person having lost a Portion of his Skull.
involving the mind or an intellectual process
From this reading Mental Faculties then affected.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading ON HEALTH OF MIND.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ON HEALTH OF MIND.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON HEALTH OF MIND.
a human being
From this reading Example of a Person having lost a Portion of his Skull.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading Example of a Person having lost a Portion of his Skull.
the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
From this reading Example of a Person having lost a Portion of his Skull.
plural of “stimulant” — any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
From this reading Brain excited by improper Stimulants taken into the Stomach.
an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
From this reading Brain excited by improper Stimulants taken into the Stomach.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading Brain excited by improper Stimulants taken into the Stomach.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Intimate Connection between the Body and Mind.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Mental Faculties then affected.
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