Chapter 9 of Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular is here in full — 363 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular is here in full — 363 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
22. And ‘Hey, Annie!’ and ‘How, Annie! O Annie, winna ye bide?’ But ay the mair that he cried ‘Annie,’ The braider grew the tide. 23.
Chapter 9 of Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular is here in full — 363 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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dwell
From this reading “O Annie, winna ye bide?’”
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “But ay the mair that he cried ‘Annie,’ The braider grew the tide.”
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading “But ay the mair that he cried ‘Annie,’ The braider grew the tide.”
the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
From this reading “But ay the mair that he cried ‘Annie,’ The braider grew the tide.”
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From this reading 22.
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From this reading 23.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And ‘Hey, Annie!’ and ‘How, Annie!
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From this reading And ‘Hey, Annie!’ and ‘How, Annie!
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From this reading But ay the mair that he cried ‘Annie,’ The braider grew the tide.
dwell
From this reading O Annie, winna ye bide?’
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From this reading But ay the mair that he cried ‘Annie,’ The braider grew the tide.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But ay the mair that he cried ‘Annie,’ The braider grew the tide.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading But ay the mair that he cried ‘Annie,’ The braider grew the tide.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading But ay the mair that he cried ‘Annie,’ The braider grew the tide.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But ay the mair that he cried ‘Annie,’ The braider grew the tide.
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From this reading And ‘Hey, Annie!’ and ‘How, Annie!
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From this reading And ‘Hey, Annie!’ and ‘How, Annie!
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From this reading But ay the mair that he cried ‘Annie,’ The braider grew the tide.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O Annie, winna ye bide?’
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But ay the mair that he cried ‘Annie,’ The braider grew the tide.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But ay the mair that he cried ‘Annie,’ The braider grew the tide.
the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
From this reading But ay the mair that he cried ‘Annie,’ The braider grew the tide.
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From this reading O Annie, winna ye bide?’
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading O Annie, winna ye bide?’
Chapter 9 of Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular by Frank Sidgwick holds 363 sentences, grouped into 73 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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.
Chapter 9 holds 363 sentences of Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular, unabridged, divided into 73 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular by Frank Sidgwick exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 363 sentences, grouped into 73 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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