Chapter 5 of An Essay on Man is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of An Essay on Man is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER. DEO OPT. MAX. Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord! Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind;
Chapter 5 of An Essay on Man is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)
From this reading “Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!”
not invading healthy tissue
From this reading “Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind;”
a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH
From this reading “Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!”
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
From this reading “MAX.”
select as an alternative over another
From this reading “DEO OPT.”
a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
From this reading “Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!”
a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
From this reading “Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!”
of worldwide scope or applicability
From this reading “THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER.”
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regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)
From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!
how long something has existed
From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind;
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind;
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind;
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind;
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind;
the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!
not invading healthy tissue
From this reading Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind;
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DEO OPT.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind;
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind;
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind;
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!
a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH
From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!
(Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus
From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind;
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind;
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
From this reading MAX.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind;
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind;
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!
select as an alternative over another
From this reading DEO OPT.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!
the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
From this reading THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER.
a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!
a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!
a general conscious awareness
From this reading Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind;
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind;
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind;
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind;
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind;
fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation
From this reading Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind;
of worldwide scope or applicability
From this reading THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER.
which person or people
From this reading Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind;
Chapter 5 of An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope holds 130 sentences, grouped into 26 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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