Chapter 4 of Gebir, and Count Julian is here in full — 335 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Gebir, and Count Julian is here in full — 335 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Rod. Nor feels? _Opas_. O human nature! I have heard The secrets of the soul, and pitied thee.
Chapter 4 of Gebir, and Count Julian is here in full — 335 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “feel” — an intuitive awareness
From this reading “Nor feels?”
characteristic of humanity
From this reading “O human nature!”
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading “O human nature!”
inflected form of “pity” — share the suffering of
From this reading “I have heard The secrets of the soul, and pitied thee.”
a long thin implement made of metal or wood
From this reading “Rod.”
plural of “secret” — something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
From this reading “I have heard The secrets of the soul, and pitied thee.”
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading “I have heard The secrets of the soul, and pitied thee.”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “I have heard The secrets of the soul, and pitied thee.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have heard The secrets of the soul, and pitied thee.
plural of “feel” — an intuitive awareness
From this reading Nor feels?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have heard The secrets of the soul, and pitied thee.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading I have heard The secrets of the soul, and pitied thee.
characteristic of humanity
From this reading O human nature!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have heard The secrets of the soul, and pitied thee.
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading O human nature!
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Nor feels?
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O human nature!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I have heard The secrets of the soul, and pitied thee.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Opas_.
inflected form of “pity” — share the suffering of
From this reading I have heard The secrets of the soul, and pitied thee.
a long thin implement made of metal or wood
From this reading Rod.
plural of “secret” — something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
From this reading I have heard The secrets of the soul, and pitied thee.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading I have heard The secrets of the soul, and pitied thee.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I have heard The secrets of the soul, and pitied thee.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading I have heard The secrets of the soul, and pitied thee.
Chapter 4 of Gebir, and Count Julian by Walter Savage Landor holds 335 sentences, grouped into 67 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 4 holds 335 sentences of Gebir, and Count Julian, unabridged, divided into 67 reading sections.
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