Chapter 13 of An Essay on Man is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of An Essay on Man is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE SECOND EPISTLE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE. "Ludentis speciem dabit, et torquebitur." HOR. (v.124.) Dear Colonel, Cobham's and your country's friend! You love a verse, take such as I can send.
Chapter 13 of An Essay on Man is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading “THE SECOND EPISTLE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE.”
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading “Dear Colonel, Cobham's and your country's friend!”
possessive form of “country” — a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading “Dear Colonel, Cobham's and your country's friend!”
a specially long, formal letter
From this reading “THE SECOND EPISTLE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE.”
Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
From this reading “THE SECOND EPISTLE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE.”
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading “THE SECOND EPISTLE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE.”
cause to go somewhere
From this reading “You love a verse, take such as I can send.”
literature in metrical form
From this reading “You love a verse, take such as I can send.”
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From this reading HOR. (v.124.)
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading You love a verse, take such as I can send.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dear Colonel, Cobham's and your country's friend!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading You love a verse, take such as I can send.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading THE SECOND EPISTLE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading You love a verse, take such as I can send.
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From this reading Dear Colonel, Cobham's and your country's friend!
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading Dear Colonel, Cobham's and your country's friend!
possessive form of “country” — a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading Dear Colonel, Cobham's and your country's friend!
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From this reading "Ludentis speciem dabit, et torquebitur."
dearly loved
From this reading Dear Colonel, Cobham's and your country's friend!
a specially long, formal letter
From this reading THE SECOND EPISTLE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE.
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From this reading "Ludentis speciem dabit, et torquebitur."
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Dear Colonel, Cobham's and your country's friend!
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From this reading HOR. (v.124.)
Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
From this reading THE SECOND EPISTLE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading You love a verse, take such as I can send.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading You love a verse, take such as I can send.
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From this reading "Ludentis speciem dabit, et torquebitur."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE SECOND EPISTLE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading THE SECOND EPISTLE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading You love a verse, take such as I can send.
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From this reading "Ludentis speciem dabit, et torquebitur."
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading You love a verse, take such as I can send.
carry out
From this reading You love a verse, take such as I can send.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SECOND EPISTLE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE.
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From this reading "Ludentis speciem dabit, et torquebitur."
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading HOR. (v.124.)
literature in metrical form
From this reading You love a verse, take such as I can send.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You love a verse, take such as I can send.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Dear Colonel, Cobham's and your country's friend!
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