Chapter 1 of A Voyage to the Moon is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of A Voyage to the Moon is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
M. DCCC. XCIX. Note on the Translation. The Translator to the Reader. Title-page of Lovell's Translation of The Comical History of the States and Empires of the World of the Moon: London, 1687.
Chapter 1 of A Voyage to the Moon is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading “Title-page of Lovell's Translation of The Comical History of the States and Empires of the World of the Moon: London, 1687.”
plural of “empire” — the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
From this reading “Title-page of Lovell's Translation of The Comical History of the States and Empires of the World of the Moon: London, 1687.”
the aggregate of past events
From this reading “Title-page of Lovell's Translation of The Comical History of the States and Empires of the World of the Moon: London, 1687.”
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading “Title-page of Lovell's Translation of The Comical History of the States and Empires of the World of the Moon: London, 1687.”
a person who enjoys reading
From this reading “The Translator to the Reader.”
plural of “state” — the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading “Title-page of Lovell's Translation of The Comical History of the States and Empires of the World of the Moon: London, 1687.”
a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
From this reading “Note on the Translation.”
a person who translates written messages from one language to another
From this reading “The Translator to the Reader.”
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From this reading Title-page of Lovell's Translation of The Comical History of the States and Empires of the World of the Moon: London, 1687.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Title-page of Lovell's Translation of The Comical History of the States and Empires of the World of the Moon: London, 1687.
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading Title-page of Lovell's Translation of The Comical History of the States and Empires of the World of the Moon: London, 1687.
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From this reading M. DCCC.
plural of “empire” — the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
From this reading Title-page of Lovell's Translation of The Comical History of the States and Empires of the World of the Moon: London, 1687.
the aggregate of past events
From this reading Title-page of Lovell's Translation of The Comical History of the States and Empires of the World of the Moon: London, 1687.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading Title-page of Lovell's Translation of The Comical History of the States and Empires of the World of the Moon: London, 1687.
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From this reading Title-page of Lovell's Translation of The Comical History of the States and Empires of the World of the Moon: London, 1687.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading M. DCCC.
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading Title-page of Lovell's Translation of The Comical History of the States and Empires of the World of the Moon: London, 1687.
a brief written record
From this reading Note on the Translation.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Title-page of Lovell's Translation of The Comical History of the States and Empires of the World of the Moon: London, 1687.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Note on the Translation.
a person who enjoys reading
From this reading The Translator to the Reader.
plural of “state” — the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading Title-page of Lovell's Translation of The Comical History of the States and Empires of the World of the Moon: London, 1687.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Note on the Translation.
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From this reading Title-page of Lovell's Translation of The Comical History of the States and Empires of the World of the Moon: London, 1687.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Translator to the Reader.
a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
From this reading Note on the Translation.
a person who translates written messages from one language to another
From this reading The Translator to the Reader.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Title-page of Lovell's Translation of The Comical History of the States and Empires of the World of the Moon: London, 1687.
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From this reading XCIX.
Chapter 1 of A Voyage to the Moon by Cyrano de Bergerac holds 191 sentences, grouped into 39 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.
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