Chapter 1 of Every Man His Own Poet is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Every Man His Own Poet is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
EVERY MAN HIS OWN POET. The Inspired Singer's Recipe Book. NEWDIGATE PRIZEMAN. Nuper ventosa isthaec et enormis loquacitas animos juvenum ad magna surgentes veluti pestilenti quodam sidere afflavit.--PETRONIUS. Oxford: THOS.
Chapter 1 of Every Man His Own Poet is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading “The Inspired Singer's Recipe Book.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “EVERY MAN HIS OWN POET.”
being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods
From this reading “The Inspired Singer's Recipe Book.”
have ownership or possession of
From this reading “EVERY MAN HIS OWN POET.”
a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University
From this reading “Oxford: THOS.”
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading “EVERY MAN HIS OWN POET.”
directions for making something
From this reading “The Inspired Singer's Recipe Book.”
possessive form of “singer” — a person who sings
From this reading “The Inspired Singer's Recipe Book.”
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a public promotion of some product or service
From this reading Nuper ventosa isthaec et enormis loquacitas animos juvenum ad magna surgentes veluti pestilenti quodam sidere afflavit.--PETRONIUS.
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From this reading Nuper ventosa isthaec et enormis loquacitas animos juvenum ad magna surgentes veluti pestilenti quodam sidere afflavit.--PETRONIUS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nuper ventosa isthaec et enormis loquacitas animos juvenum ad magna surgentes veluti pestilenti quodam sidere afflavit.--PETRONIUS.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading The Inspired Singer's Recipe Book.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nuper ventosa isthaec et enormis loquacitas animos juvenum ad magna surgentes veluti pestilenti quodam sidere afflavit.--PETRONIUS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nuper ventosa isthaec et enormis loquacitas animos juvenum ad magna surgentes veluti pestilenti quodam sidere afflavit.--PETRONIUS.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading EVERY MAN HIS OWN POET.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading EVERY MAN HIS OWN POET.
being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods
From this reading The Inspired Singer's Recipe Book.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nuper ventosa isthaec et enormis loquacitas animos juvenum ad magna surgentes veluti pestilenti quodam sidere afflavit.--PETRONIUS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nuper ventosa isthaec et enormis loquacitas animos juvenum ad magna surgentes veluti pestilenti quodam sidere afflavit.--PETRONIUS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nuper ventosa isthaec et enormis loquacitas animos juvenum ad magna surgentes veluti pestilenti quodam sidere afflavit.--PETRONIUS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nuper ventosa isthaec et enormis loquacitas animos juvenum ad magna surgentes veluti pestilenti quodam sidere afflavit.--PETRONIUS.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading EVERY MAN HIS OWN POET.
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From this reading NEWDIGATE PRIZEMAN.
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From this reading Nuper ventosa isthaec et enormis loquacitas animos juvenum ad magna surgentes veluti pestilenti quodam sidere afflavit.--PETRONIUS.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading EVERY MAN HIS OWN POET.
a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University
From this reading Oxford: THOS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nuper ventosa isthaec et enormis loquacitas animos juvenum ad magna surgentes veluti pestilenti quodam sidere afflavit.--PETRONIUS.
Roman satirist (died in 66)
From this reading Nuper ventosa isthaec et enormis loquacitas animos juvenum ad magna surgentes veluti pestilenti quodam sidere afflavit.--PETRONIUS.
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading EVERY MAN HIS OWN POET.
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From this reading NEWDIGATE PRIZEMAN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nuper ventosa isthaec et enormis loquacitas animos juvenum ad magna surgentes veluti pestilenti quodam sidere afflavit.--PETRONIUS.
directions for making something
From this reading The Inspired Singer's Recipe Book.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nuper ventosa isthaec et enormis loquacitas animos juvenum ad magna surgentes veluti pestilenti quodam sidere afflavit.--PETRONIUS.
possessive form of “singer” — a person who sings
From this reading The Inspired Singer's Recipe Book.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nuper ventosa isthaec et enormis loquacitas animos juvenum ad magna surgentes veluti pestilenti quodam sidere afflavit.--PETRONIUS.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Inspired Singer's Recipe Book.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oxford: THOS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nuper ventosa isthaec et enormis loquacitas animos juvenum ad magna surgentes veluti pestilenti quodam sidere afflavit.--PETRONIUS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nuper ventosa isthaec et enormis loquacitas animos juvenum ad magna surgentes veluti pestilenti quodam sidere afflavit.--PETRONIUS.
Chapter 1 of Every Man His Own Poet by W. H. (William Hurrell) Mallock holds 150 sentences, grouped into 30 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 150 sentences of Every Man His Own Poet, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
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