Chapter 9 of Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Striving to be man, the worm Mounts through all the spires of form." ] [Footnote 6: Stint. A prescribed or allotted task, a share of labor.] [Footnote 7: Ridden. Here used in the sense of dominated.]
Chapter 9 of Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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given as a task
From this reading “A prescribed or allotted task, a share of labor.]”
controlled or ruled by superior authority or power
From this reading “Here used in the sense of dominated.]”
plural of “mount” — a lightweight horse kept for riding only
From this reading “"Striving to be man, the worm Mounts through all the spires of form."”
set down as a rule or guide
From this reading “A prescribed or allotted task, a share of labor.]”
plural of “spire” — a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
From this reading “"Striving to be man, the worm Mounts through all the spires of form."”
an unbroken period of time during which you do something
From this reading “] [Footnote 6: Stint.”
an effortful attempt to attain a goal
From this reading “"Striving to be man, the worm Mounts through all the spires of form."”
any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
From this reading “"Striving to be man, the worm Mounts through all the spires of form."”
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From this reading ] [Footnote 6: Stint.
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From this reading [Footnote 7: Ridden.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A prescribed or allotted task, a share of labor.]
(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 "Striving to be man, the worm Mounts through all the spires of form."
given as a task
From this reading A prescribed or allotted task, a share of labor.]
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Striving to be man, the worm Mounts through all the spires of form."
controlled or ruled by superior authority or power
From this reading Here used in the sense of dominated.]
a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
From this reading ] [Footnote 6: Stint.
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading "Striving to be man, the worm Mounts through all the spires of form."
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here used in the sense of dominated.]
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Here used in the sense of dominated.]
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
From this reading A prescribed or allotted task, a share of labor.]
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "Striving to be man, the worm Mounts through all the spires of form."
plural of “mount” — a lightweight horse kept for riding only
From this reading "Striving to be man, the worm Mounts through all the spires of form."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Striving to be man, the worm Mounts through all the spires of form."
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading A prescribed or allotted task, a share of labor.]
set down as a rule or guide
From this reading A prescribed or allotted task, a share of labor.]
inflected form of “ride” — sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading [Footnote 7: Ridden.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading Here used in the sense of dominated.]
have in common
From this reading A prescribed or allotted task, a share of labor.]
plural of “spire” — a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
From this reading "Striving to be man, the worm Mounts through all the spires of form."
an unbroken period of time during which you do something
From this reading ] [Footnote 6: Stint.
an effortful attempt to attain a goal
From this reading "Striving to be man, the worm Mounts through all the spires of form."
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
From this reading A prescribed or allotted task, a share of labor.]
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Striving to be man, the worm Mounts through all the spires of form."
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading "Striving to be man, the worm Mounts through all the spires of form."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Striving to be man, the worm Mounts through all the spires of form."
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading Here used in the sense of dominated.]
any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
From this reading "Striving to be man, the worm Mounts through all the spires of form."
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