Chapter 1 of Dealings with the Dead, Volume 1 (of 2) is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Dealings with the Dead, Volume 1 (of 2) is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Dealings with the Dead. DEALINGS WITH THE DEAD. BY A SEXTON OF THE OLD SCHOOL. VOLUME I. "THE BURIAL SERVICE."
Chapter 1 of Dealings with the Dead, Volume 1 (of 2) is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
From this reading “"THE BURIAL SERVICE."”
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “Dealings with the Dead.”
social or verbal interchange (usually followed by “with”)
From this reading “Dealings with the Dead.”
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading “BY A SEXTON OF THE OLD SCHOOL.”
an educational institution
From this reading “BY A SEXTON OF THE OLD SCHOOL.”
work done by one person or group that benefits another
From this reading “"THE BURIAL SERVICE."”
United States poet (1928-1974)
From this reading “BY A SEXTON OF THE OLD SCHOOL.”
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading “VOLUME I.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “"THE BURIAL SERVICE."”
a class of people favoring traditional ideas
In this reading “BY A SEXTON OF THE OLD SCHOOL.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading BY A SEXTON OF THE OLD SCHOOL.
the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
From this reading "THE BURIAL SERVICE."
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY A SEXTON OF THE OLD SCHOOL.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Dealings with the Dead.
social or verbal interchange (usually followed by “with”)
From this reading Dealings with the Dead.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading VOLUME I.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BY A SEXTON OF THE OLD SCHOOL.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading BY A SEXTON OF THE OLD SCHOOL.
an educational institution
From this reading BY A SEXTON OF THE OLD SCHOOL.
work done by one person or group that benefits another
From this reading "THE BURIAL SERVICE."
United States poet (1928-1974)
From this reading BY A SEXTON OF THE OLD SCHOOL.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dealings with the Dead.
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading VOLUME I.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Dealings with the Dead.
Chapter 1 of Dealings with the Dead, Volume 1 (of 2) by Lucius M. (Lucius Manlius) Sargent holds 428 sentences, grouped into 86 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 1 holds 428 sentences of Dealings with the Dead, Volume 1 (of 2), unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Dealings with the Dead, Volume 1 (of 2) by Lucius M. (Lucius Manlius) Sargent exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 428 sentences, grouped into 86 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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