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An Essay on Man
An Essay on Man

Chapter V

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THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER.
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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;
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

An Essay on Man

Chapter V

Reading 1/26 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER.
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Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!
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Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind;

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Art auxiliary verb US /ɑːrt/

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;”

Every determiner US /ˈevəri/

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!”

First noun US /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

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;”

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

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;”

Great noun US /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

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;”

Know noun US /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

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;”

Least noun US /least/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

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;”

Myself pronoun US /ˌmaɪˈself/

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;”

Thou pronoun US /ðaʊ/

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;”

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adored

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From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!

age

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From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!

all

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From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!

amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

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;

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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!

artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/

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;

blind

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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;

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

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;

ByprepositionUS /baɪ/

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!

Cause

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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;

clime

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From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!

confined

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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;

DEO

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From this reading DEO OPT.

everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

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!

Father

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From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!

FirstnounUS /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

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;

goodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

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;

GreatnounUS /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

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;

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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!

Jehovah

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From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!

Jove

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From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

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;

leastnounUS /least/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

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;

Lord

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From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!

MAX

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From this reading MAX.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

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;

myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/

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;

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

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!

OPT

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From this reading DEO OPT.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

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!

PRAYER

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From this reading THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER.

sage

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From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!

saint

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From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!

savage

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From this reading Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!

sense

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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;

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

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;

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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;

ThoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

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;

ToparticleUS /tuː/

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;

understood

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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;

UNIVERSAL

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From this reading THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER.

WhopronounUS /huː/

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;