Chapter 5 of Browning's Shorter Poems is here in full — 354 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 5 of Browning's Shorter Poems is here in full — 354 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The present by the future, what is that? Live for fame, side by side with Agnolo deg.! deg.130 Rafael is waiting: up to God, all three!" I might have done it for you. So it seems: Perhaps not. All is as God over-rules.
Chapter 5 of Browning's Shorter Poems is here in full — 354 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
From this reading “Live for fame, side by side with Agnolo deg.! deg.130 Rafael is waiting: up to God, all three!"”
yet to be or coming
From this reading “The present by the future, what is that?”
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading “Live for fame, side by side with Agnolo deg.! deg.130 Rafael is waiting: up to God, all three!"”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “Live for fame, side by side with Agnolo deg.! deg.130 Rafael is waiting: up to God, all three!"”
by chance
From this reading “So it seems: Perhaps not.”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “The present by the future, what is that?”
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “So it seems: Perhaps not.”
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading “Live for fame, side by side with Agnolo deg.! deg.130 Rafael is waiting: up to God, all three!"”
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From this reading Live for fame, side by side with Agnolo deg.! deg.130 Rafael is waiting: up to God, all three!"
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From this reading Live for fame, side by side with Agnolo deg.! deg.130 Rafael is waiting: up to God, all three!"
(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 Live for fame, side by side with Agnolo deg.! deg.130 Rafael is waiting: up to God, all three!"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading All is as God over-rules.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The present by the future, what is that?
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From this reading Live for fame, side by side with Agnolo deg.! deg.130 Rafael is waiting: up to God, all three!"
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading I might have done it for you.
the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
From this reading Live for fame, side by side with Agnolo deg.! deg.130 Rafael is waiting: up to God, all three!"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Live for fame, side by side with Agnolo deg.! deg.130 Rafael is waiting: up to God, all three!"
yet to be or coming
From this reading The present by the future, what is that?
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading Live for fame, side by side with Agnolo deg.! deg.130 Rafael is waiting: up to God, all three!"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I might have done it for you.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I might have done it for you.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The present by the future, what is that?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I might have done it for you.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Live for fame, side by side with Agnolo deg.! deg.130 Rafael is waiting: up to God, all three!"
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading I might have done it for you.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading So it seems: Perhaps not.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All is as God over-rules.
by chance
From this reading So it seems: Perhaps not.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading The present by the future, what is that?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Live for fame, side by side with Agnolo deg.! deg.130 Rafael is waiting: up to God, all three!"
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading So it seems: Perhaps not.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Live for fame, side by side with Agnolo deg.! deg.130 Rafael is waiting: up to God, all three!"
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So it seems: Perhaps not.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The present by the future, what is that?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The present by the future, what is that?
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Live for fame, side by side with Agnolo deg.! deg.130 Rafael is waiting: up to God, all three!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Live for fame, side by side with Agnolo deg.! deg.130 Rafael is waiting: up to God, all three!"
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Live for fame, side by side with Agnolo deg.! deg.130 Rafael is waiting: up to God, all three!"
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading Live for fame, side by side with Agnolo deg.! deg.130 Rafael is waiting: up to God, all three!"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The present by the future, what is that?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Live for fame, side by side with Agnolo deg.! deg.130 Rafael is waiting: up to God, all three!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I might have done it for you.
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