Chapter 18 of George Crabbe: Poems, Volume 1 (of 3) is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVIII
Chapter 18 of George Crabbe: Poems, Volume 1 (of 3) is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_AMUSEMENTS._ Interpone tuis interdum gaudia curis, Ut possis animo quemvis sufferre laborem. [_(Dionys.) Cato de Moribus._ III. 7.] ... nostra [fatiscit] Laxaturque chelys; vires instigat alitque Tempestiva quies, major post otia virtus. _Statius, Sylv._ lib.
Chapter 18 of George Crabbe: Poems, Volume 1 (of 3) is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “amusement” — a feeling of delight at being entertained
of greater importance or stature or rank
From this reading “... nostra [fatiscit] Laxaturque chelys; vires instigat alitque Tempestiva quies, major post otia virtus.”
affix in a public place or for public notice
From this reading “... nostra [fatiscit] Laxaturque chelys; vires instigat alitque Tempestiva quies, major post otia virtus.”
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From this reading 7.]
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From this reading ... nostra [fatiscit] Laxaturque chelys; vires instigat alitque Tempestiva quies, major post otia virtus.
plural of “amusement” — a feeling of delight at being entertained
From this reading _AMUSEMENTS._ Interpone tuis interdum gaudia curis, Ut possis animo quemvis sufferre laborem.
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From this reading _AMUSEMENTS._ Interpone tuis interdum gaudia curis, Ut possis animo quemvis sufferre laborem.
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From this reading [_(Dionys.) Cato de Moribus._ III.
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From this reading ... nostra [fatiscit] Laxaturque chelys; vires instigat alitque Tempestiva quies, major post otia virtus.
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From this reading _AMUSEMENTS._ Interpone tuis interdum gaudia curis, Ut possis animo quemvis sufferre laborem.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading [_(Dionys.) Cato de Moribus._ III.
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From this reading [_(Dionys.) Cato de Moribus._ III.
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From this reading ... nostra [fatiscit] Laxaturque chelys; vires instigat alitque Tempestiva quies, major post otia virtus.
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From this reading _AMUSEMENTS._ Interpone tuis interdum gaudia curis, Ut possis animo quemvis sufferre laborem.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading [_(Dionys.) Cato de Moribus._ III.
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From this reading ... nostra [fatiscit] Laxaturque chelys; vires instigat alitque Tempestiva quies, major post otia virtus.
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From this reading _AMUSEMENTS._ Interpone tuis interdum gaudia curis, Ut possis animo quemvis sufferre laborem.
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From this reading _AMUSEMENTS._ Interpone tuis interdum gaudia curis, Ut possis animo quemvis sufferre laborem.
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From this reading _AMUSEMENTS._ Interpone tuis interdum gaudia curis, Ut possis animo quemvis sufferre laborem.
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From this reading ... nostra [fatiscit] Laxaturque chelys; vires instigat alitque Tempestiva quies, major post otia virtus.
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From this reading _Statius, Sylv._ lib.
of greater importance or stature or rank
From this reading ... nostra [fatiscit] Laxaturque chelys; vires instigat alitque Tempestiva quies, major post otia virtus.
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From this reading [_(Dionys.) Cato de Moribus._ III.
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From this reading ... nostra [fatiscit] Laxaturque chelys; vires instigat alitque Tempestiva quies, major post otia virtus.
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From this reading ... nostra [fatiscit] Laxaturque chelys; vires instigat alitque Tempestiva quies, major post otia virtus.
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From this reading _AMUSEMENTS._ Interpone tuis interdum gaudia curis, Ut possis animo quemvis sufferre laborem.
affix in a public place or for public notice
From this reading ... nostra [fatiscit] Laxaturque chelys; vires instigat alitque Tempestiva quies, major post otia virtus.
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From this reading _AMUSEMENTS._ Interpone tuis interdum gaudia curis, Ut possis animo quemvis sufferre laborem.
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From this reading ... nostra [fatiscit] Laxaturque chelys; vires instigat alitque Tempestiva quies, major post otia virtus.
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From this reading _Statius, Sylv._ lib.
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From this reading _AMUSEMENTS._ Interpone tuis interdum gaudia curis, Ut possis animo quemvis sufferre laborem.
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From this reading _Statius, Sylv._ lib.
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From this reading ... nostra [fatiscit] Laxaturque chelys; vires instigat alitque Tempestiva quies, major post otia virtus.
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From this reading _AMUSEMENTS._ Interpone tuis interdum gaudia curis, Ut possis animo quemvis sufferre laborem.
the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere
From this reading _AMUSEMENTS._ Interpone tuis interdum gaudia curis, Ut possis animo quemvis sufferre laborem.
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From this reading ... nostra [fatiscit] Laxaturque chelys; vires instigat alitque Tempestiva quies, major post otia virtus.
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From this reading ... nostra [fatiscit] Laxaturque chelys; vires instigat alitque Tempestiva quies, major post otia virtus.
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