Chapter 6 of English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
59: fastness, printed Fastness by Finlay, is, says Motherwell, merely falsetness, falseness. LAIRD OF BLACKWOOD. See p. 135. Kinloch's _Ancient Scottish Ballads_, p.
Chapter 6 of English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
plural of “ballad” — a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
very dark wood of any of several blackwood trees
From this reading “LAIRD OF BLACKWOOD.”
a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
From this reading “59: fastness, printed Fastness by Finlay, is, says Motherwell, merely falsetness, falseness.”
a landowner
From this reading “LAIRD OF BLACKWOOD.”
and nothing more
From this reading “59: fastness, printed Fastness by Finlay, is, says Motherwell, merely falsetness, falseness.”
past form of “print” — put into print
From this reading “59: fastness, printed Fastness by Finlay, is, says Motherwell, merely falsetness, falseness.”
the dialect of English used in Scotland
From this reading “Kinloch's _Ancient Scottish Ballads_, p.”
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From this reading 135.
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From this reading 59: fastness, printed Fastness by Finlay, is, says Motherwell, merely falsetness, falseness.
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading Kinloch's _Ancient Scottish Ballads_, p.
plural of “ballad” — a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
From this reading Kinloch's _Ancient Scottish Ballads_, p.
very dark wood of any of several blackwood trees
From this reading LAIRD OF BLACKWOOD.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading 59: fastness, printed Fastness by Finlay, is, says Motherwell, merely falsetness, falseness.
the state of being false or untrue
From this reading 59: fastness, printed Fastness by Finlay, is, says Motherwell, merely falsetness, falseness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 59: fastness, printed Fastness by Finlay, is, says Motherwell, merely falsetness, falseness.
a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
From this reading 59: fastness, printed Fastness by Finlay, is, says Motherwell, merely falsetness, falseness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 59: fastness, printed Fastness by Finlay, is, says Motherwell, merely falsetness, falseness.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 59: fastness, printed Fastness by Finlay, is, says Motherwell, merely falsetness, falseness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Kinloch's _Ancient Scottish Ballads_, p.
a landowner
From this reading LAIRD OF BLACKWOOD.
and nothing more
From this reading 59: fastness, printed Fastness by Finlay, is, says Motherwell, merely falsetness, falseness.
United States abstract expressionist painter (1915-1991)
From this reading 59: fastness, printed Fastness by Finlay, is, says Motherwell, merely falsetness, falseness.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading LAIRD OF BLACKWOOD.
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 See p.
past form of “print” — put into print
From this reading 59: fastness, printed Fastness by Finlay, is, says Motherwell, merely falsetness, falseness.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading 59: fastness, printed Fastness by Finlay, is, says Motherwell, merely falsetness, falseness.
the dialect of English used in Scotland
From this reading Kinloch's _Ancient Scottish Ballads_, p.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See p.
Chapter 6 of English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Francis James [Editor] Child holds 391 sentences, grouped into 79 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 6 holds 391 sentences of English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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