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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of A Week of Instruction and Amusement is here in full — 729 sentences across 146 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MRS. HARLEY'S _BIRTHDAY PRESENT_ TO HER DAUGHTER. INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c. H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, London. ADVERTISEMENT.
Chapter 1 of A Week of Instruction and Amusement is here in full — 729 sentences across 146 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a public promotion of some product or service
From this reading “ADVERTISEMENT.”
an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)
study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation
From this reading “INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.”
past form of “intersperse” — place at intervals in or among
From this reading “INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.”
plural of “outline” — the line that appears to bound an object
From this reading “INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.”
someone whose occupation is printing
From this reading “H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, London.”
concerned with religion or religious purposes
From this reading “INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.”
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.”
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a public promotion of some product or service
From this reading ADVERTISEMENT.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.
an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)
From this reading HARLEY'S _BIRTHDAY PRESENT_ TO HER DAUGHTER.
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From this reading H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, London.
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From this reading H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, London.
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From this reading H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, London.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.
a female human offspring
From this reading HARLEY'S _BIRTHDAY PRESENT_ TO HER DAUGHTER.
study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation
From this reading INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, London.
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From this reading HARLEY'S _BIRTHDAY PRESENT_ TO HER DAUGHTER.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading HARLEY'S _BIRTHDAY PRESENT_ TO HER DAUGHTER.
the aggregate of past events
From this reading INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.
past form of “intersperse” — place at intervals in or among
From this reading INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, London.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.
plural of “outline” — the line that appears to bound an object
From this reading INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading HARLEY'S _BIRTHDAY PRESENT_ TO HER DAUGHTER.
someone whose occupation is printing
From this reading H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, London.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.
concerned with religion or religious purposes
From this reading INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HARLEY'S _BIRTHDAY PRESENT_ TO HER DAUGHTER.
in the company of; together with
From this reading INTERSPERSED WITH SHORT STORIES --OUTLINES OF SACRED AND PROPHANE HISTORY-- GEOGRAPHY, &c.
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