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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of An Almond for a Parrot is here in full — 572 sentences across 115 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Puritan Discipline Tracts. AN ALMOND FOR A PARROT; BEING A REPLY TO MARTIN MAR-PRELATE. Re-printed from the Black Letter Edition, WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES. LONDON: JOHN PETHERAM, 71, CHANCERY LANE. 1846.
Chapter 1 of An Almond for a Parrot is here in full — 572 sentences across 115 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “AN ALMOND FOR A PARROT; BEING A REPLY TO MARTIN MAR-PRELATE.”
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From this reading 1846.
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From this reading LONDON: JOHN PETHERAM, 71, CHANCERY LANE.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading AN ALMOND FOR A PARROT; BEING A REPLY TO MARTIN MAR-PRELATE.
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From this reading AN ALMOND FOR A PARROT; BEING A REPLY TO MARTIN MAR-PRELATE.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN ALMOND FOR A PARROT; BEING A REPLY TO MARTIN MAR-PRELATE.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Re-printed from the Black Letter Edition, WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading AN ALMOND FOR A PARROT; BEING A REPLY TO MARTIN MAR-PRELATE.
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From this reading Re-printed from the Black Letter Edition, WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES.
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From this reading LONDON: JOHN PETHERAM, 71, CHANCERY LANE.
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From this reading Puritan Discipline Tracts.
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From this reading Re-printed from the Black Letter Edition, WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading AN ALMOND FOR A PARROT; BEING A REPLY TO MARTIN MAR-PRELATE.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Re-printed from the Black Letter Edition, WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES.
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From this reading Re-printed from the Black Letter Edition, WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES.
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From this reading LONDON: JOHN PETHERAM, 71, CHANCERY LANE.
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From this reading LONDON: JOHN PETHERAM, 71, CHANCERY LANE.
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From this reading Re-printed from the Black Letter Edition, WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES.
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From this reading LONDON: JOHN PETHERAM, 71, CHANCERY LANE.
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From this reading AN ALMOND FOR A PARROT; BEING A REPLY TO MARTIN MAR-PRELATE.
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From this reading AN ALMOND FOR A PARROT; BEING A REPLY TO MARTIN MAR-PRELATE.
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From this reading Re-printed from the Black Letter Edition, WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES.
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From this reading AN ALMOND FOR A PARROT; BEING A REPLY TO MARTIN MAR-PRELATE.
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From this reading LONDON: JOHN PETHERAM, 71, CHANCERY LANE.
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From this reading Puritan Discipline Tracts.
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From this reading Re-printed from the Black Letter Edition, WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES.
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From this reading AN ALMOND FOR A PARROT; BEING A REPLY TO MARTIN MAR-PRELATE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Re-printed from the Black Letter Edition, WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AN ALMOND FOR A PARROT; BEING A REPLY TO MARTIN MAR-PRELATE.
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From this reading Puritan Discipline Tracts.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Re-printed from the Black Letter Edition, WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES.
