Chapter 5 of Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's "De Consolatione Philosophiae" is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's "De Consolatione Philosophiae" is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
þat neiþ{er} it dwelliþ p{er}petuel wiþ hem þat euery fortune receyuen agreablely or egaly. ¶ Ne it ne deliteþ not in 1108 al. to hem þat ben anguissous. [Sidenote: Why then, O mortals, do ye seek abroad for that felicity which is to be found within yourselves?] [Sidenote: [* fol. 11 _b_.]]
Chapter 5 of Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's "De Consolatione Philosophiae" is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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to or in a foreign country
From this reading “[Sidenote: Why then, O mortals, do ye seek abroad for that felicity which is to be found within yourselves?]”
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading “¶ Ne it ne deliteþ not in 1108 al. to hem þat ben anguissous.”
pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)
From this reading “[Sidenote: Why then, O mortals, do ye seek abroad for that felicity which is to be found within yourselves?]”
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading “þat neiþ{er} it dwelliþ p{er}petuel wiþ hem þat euery fortune receyuen agreablely or egaly.”
the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
From this reading “þat neiþ{er} it dwelliþ p{er}petuel wiþ hem þat euery fortune receyuen agreablely or egaly.”
plural of “mortal” — a human being
From this reading “[Sidenote: Why then, O mortals, do ye seek abroad for that felicity which is to be found within yourselves?]”
try to get or reach
From this reading “[Sidenote: Why then, O mortals, do ye seek abroad for that felicity which is to be found within yourselves?]”
used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action
From this reading “[Sidenote: Why then, O mortals, do ye seek abroad for that felicity which is to be found within yourselves?]”
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From this reading 11 _b_.]]
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From this reading ¶ Ne it ne deliteþ not in 1108 al. to hem þat ben anguissous.
to or in a foreign country
From this reading [Sidenote: Why then, O mortals, do ye seek abroad for that felicity which is to be found within yourselves?]
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From this reading þat neiþ{er} it dwelliþ p{er}petuel wiþ hem þat euery fortune receyuen agreablely or egaly.
a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite
From this reading ¶ Ne it ne deliteþ not in 1108 al. to hem þat ben anguissous.
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From this reading ¶ Ne it ne deliteþ not in 1108 al. to hem þat ben anguissous.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading 11 _b_.]]
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading [Sidenote: Why then, O mortals, do ye seek abroad for that felicity which is to be found within yourselves?]
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading ¶ Ne it ne deliteþ not in 1108 al. to hem þat ben anguissous.
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From this reading ¶ Ne it ne deliteþ not in 1108 al. to hem þat ben anguissous.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading [Sidenote: Why then, O mortals, do ye seek abroad for that felicity which is to be found within yourselves?]
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From this reading þat neiþ{er} it dwelliþ p{er}petuel wiþ hem þat euery fortune receyuen agreablely or egaly.
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From this reading þat neiþ{er} it dwelliþ p{er}petuel wiþ hem þat euery fortune receyuen agreablely or egaly.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
From this reading þat neiþ{er} it dwelliþ p{er}petuel wiþ hem þat euery fortune receyuen agreablely or egaly.
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From this reading þat neiþ{er} it dwelliþ p{er}petuel wiþ hem þat euery fortune receyuen agreablely or egaly.
pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)
From this reading [Sidenote: Why then, O mortals, do ye seek abroad for that felicity which is to be found within yourselves?]
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From this reading [Sidenote: [* fol.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading [Sidenote: Why then, O mortals, do ye seek abroad for that felicity which is to be found within yourselves?]
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading þat neiþ{er} it dwelliþ p{er}petuel wiþ hem þat euery fortune receyuen agreablely or egaly.
set up or found
From this reading [Sidenote: Why then, O mortals, do ye seek abroad for that felicity which is to be found within yourselves?]
the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
From this reading þat neiþ{er} it dwelliþ p{er}petuel wiþ hem þat euery fortune receyuen agreablely or egaly.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ¶ Ne it ne deliteþ not in 1108 al. to hem þat ben anguissous.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading [Sidenote: Why then, O mortals, do ye seek abroad for that felicity which is to be found within yourselves?]
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading þat neiþ{er} it dwelliþ p{er}petuel wiþ hem þat euery fortune receyuen agreablely or egaly.
plural of “mortal” — a human being
From this reading [Sidenote: Why then, O mortals, do ye seek abroad for that felicity which is to be found within yourselves?]
a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
From this reading ¶ Ne it ne deliteþ not in 1108 al. to hem þat ben anguissous.
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From this reading þat neiþ{er} it dwelliþ p{er}petuel wiþ hem þat euery fortune receyuen agreablely or egaly.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ¶ Ne it ne deliteþ not in 1108 al. to hem þat ben anguissous.
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 [Sidenote: Why then, O mortals, do ye seek abroad for that felicity which is to be found within yourselves?]
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading þat neiþ{er} it dwelliþ p{er}petuel wiþ hem þat euery fortune receyuen agreablely or egaly.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading þat neiþ{er} it dwelliþ p{er}petuel wiþ hem þat euery fortune receyuen agreablely or egaly.
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From this reading þat neiþ{er} it dwelliþ p{er}petuel wiþ hem þat euery fortune receyuen agreablely or egaly.
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From this reading þat neiþ{er} it dwelliþ p{er}petuel wiþ hem þat euery fortune receyuen agreablely or egaly.
try to get or reach
From this reading [Sidenote: Why then, O mortals, do ye seek abroad for that felicity which is to be found within yourselves?]
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From this reading [Sidenote: Why then, O mortals, do ye seek abroad for that felicity which is to be found within yourselves?]
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading [Sidenote: Why then, O mortals, do ye seek abroad for that felicity which is to be found within yourselves?]
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading [Sidenote: Why then, O mortals, do ye seek abroad for that felicity which is to be found within yourselves?]
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ¶ Ne it ne deliteþ not in 1108 al. to hem þat ben anguissous.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading [Sidenote: Why then, O mortals, do ye seek abroad for that felicity which is to be found within yourselves?]
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading [Sidenote: Why then, O mortals, do ye seek abroad for that felicity which is to be found within yourselves?]
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading [Sidenote: Why then, O mortals, do ye seek abroad for that felicity which is to be found within yourselves?]
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From this reading þat neiþ{er} it dwelliþ p{er}petuel wiþ hem þat euery fortune receyuen agreablely or egaly.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading [Sidenote: Why then, O mortals, do ye seek abroad for that felicity which is to be found within yourselves?]
used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action
From this reading [Sidenote: Why then, O mortals, do ye seek abroad for that felicity which is to be found within yourselves?]
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From this reading þat neiþ{er} it dwelliþ p{er}petuel wiþ hem þat euery fortune receyuen agreablely or egaly.
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