Chapter 7 of Excursions is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Excursions is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
‘Here’s to thee, old apple-tree, Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear apples enow! Hats-full! caps-full! Bushel, bushel, sacks-full! And my pockets full, too! Hurra!’”
Chapter 7 of Excursions is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/77 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “apple” — fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
From this reading “‘Here’s to thee, old apple-tree, Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear apples enow!”
have
From this reading “‘Here’s to thee, old apple-tree, Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear apples enow!”
exhale hard
From this reading “‘Here’s to thee, old apple-tree, Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear apples enow!”
a partially opened flower
From this reading “‘Here’s to thee, old apple-tree, Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear apples enow!”
a United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches
From this reading “Bushel, bushel, sacks-full!”
plural of “pocket” — a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading “And my pockets full, too!”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “‘Here’s to thee, old apple-tree, Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear apples enow!”
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading “‘Here’s to thee, old apple-tree, Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear apples enow!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘Here’s to thee, old apple-tree, Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear apples enow!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Here’s to thee, old apple-tree, Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear apples enow!
plural of “apple” — fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
From this reading ‘Here’s to thee, old apple-tree, Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear apples enow!
have
From this reading ‘Here’s to thee, old apple-tree, Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear apples enow!
exhale hard
From this reading ‘Here’s to thee, old apple-tree, Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear apples enow!
a partially opened flower
From this reading ‘Here’s to thee, old apple-tree, Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear apples enow!
a United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches
From this reading Bushel, bushel, sacks-full!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hats-full! caps-full!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Here’s to thee, old apple-tree, Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear apples enow!
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading And my pockets full, too!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hats-full! caps-full!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Here’s to thee, old apple-tree, Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear apples enow!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hurra!’”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Here’s to thee, old apple-tree, Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear apples enow!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And my pockets full, too!
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading ‘Here’s to thee, old apple-tree, Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear apples enow!
plural of “pocket” — a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading And my pockets full, too!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bushel, bushel, sacks-full!
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading ‘Here’s to thee, old apple-tree, Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear apples enow!
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading ‘Here’s to thee, old apple-tree, Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear apples enow!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘Here’s to thee, old apple-tree, Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear apples enow!
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading And my pockets full, too!
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading ‘Here’s to thee, old apple-tree, Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear apples enow!
Chapter 7 of Excursions by Henry David Thoreau holds 387 sentences, grouped into 78 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 7 holds 387 sentences of Excursions, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Excursions by Henry David Thoreau exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 387 sentences, grouped into 78 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.
Work through the 78 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 78 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 7 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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