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Chapter 8 of Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy is here in full — 377 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
=49=, 198. =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres. =51=, 231-32. =If not .
Chapter 8 of Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy is here in full — 377 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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passing reference or indirect mention
From this reading “=the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.”
migratory
of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy
From this reading “=the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.”
turned in a circle around an axis
From this reading “=the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.”
a particular environment or walk of life
From this reading “=the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.”
plural of “sphere” — a particular environment or walk of life
From this reading “=the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.”
a tenth part; one part in ten equal parts
From this reading “=the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.”
being four more than twenty
From this reading “=the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.”
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From this reading =49=, 198.
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From this reading =51=, 231-32.
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From this reading =51=, 231-32.
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From this reading =49=, 198.
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From this reading =51=, 231-32.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
(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 =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
passing reference or indirect mention
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
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From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading =If not .
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
located inward
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
migratory
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
used to form the superlative
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading =If not .
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
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From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
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From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
free of extraneous elements of any kind
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
turned in a circle around an axis
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
a particular environment or walk of life
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
plural of “sphere” — a particular environment or walk of life
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
a tenth part; one part in ten equal parts
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
being four more than twenty
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading =the first orbe move.= An allusion to the _Primum Mobile_, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all the inner spheres.
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