Chapter 8 of Hyperion is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of Hyperion is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Time has a Doomsday-Book, upon whose pages he is continually recording illustrious names. But, as often as a new name is written there, an old one disappears. Only a few stand in illuminated characters, never to be effaced. These are the high nobility of Nature,--Lords of the Public Domain of Thought. Posterity shall never question their titles.
Chapter 8 of Hyperion is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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third-person singular of “disappear” — get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading “But, as often as a new name is written there, an old one disappears.”
a particular environment or walk of life
From this reading “These are the high nobility of Nature,--Lords of the Public Domain of Thought.”
provided with artificial light
From this reading “Only a few stand in illuminated characters, never to be effaced.”
widely known and esteemed
From this reading “Time has a Doomsday-Book, upon whose pages he is continually recording illustrious names.”
a privileged class holding hereditary titles
From this reading “These are the high nobility of Nature,--Lords of the Public Domain of Thought.”
all of the offspring of a given progenitor
From this reading “Posterity shall never question their titles.”
a signal that encodes something (e.g., picture or sound) that has been recorded
From this reading “Time has a Doomsday-Book, upon whose pages he is continually recording illustrious names.”
plural of “title” — a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
From this reading “Posterity shall never question their titles.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Time has a Doomsday-Book, upon whose pages he is continually recording illustrious names.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading But, as often as a new name is written there, an old one disappears.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading These are the high nobility of Nature,--Lords of the Public Domain of Thought.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But, as often as a new name is written there, an old one disappears.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Only a few stand in illuminated characters, never to be effaced.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, as often as a new name is written there, an old one disappears.
plural of “character” — an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading Only a few stand in illuminated characters, never to be effaced.
seemingly without interruption
From this reading Time has a Doomsday-Book, upon whose pages he is continually recording illustrious names.
third-person singular of “disappear” — get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading But, as often as a new name is written there, an old one disappears.
a particular environment or walk of life
From this reading These are the high nobility of Nature,--Lords of the Public Domain of Thought.
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From this reading Time has a Doomsday-Book, upon whose pages he is continually recording illustrious names.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Only a few stand in illuminated characters, never to be effaced.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading Only a few stand in illuminated characters, never to be effaced.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Time has a Doomsday-Book, upon whose pages he is continually recording illustrious names.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Time has a Doomsday-Book, upon whose pages he is continually recording illustrious names.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading These are the high nobility of Nature,--Lords of the Public Domain of Thought.
provided with artificial light
From this reading Only a few stand in illuminated characters, never to be effaced.
widely known and esteemed
From this reading Time has a Doomsday-Book, upon whose pages he is continually recording illustrious names.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Only a few stand in illuminated characters, never to be effaced.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Time has a Doomsday-Book, upon whose pages he is continually recording illustrious names.
plural of “lord” — terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading These are the high nobility of Nature,--Lords of the Public Domain of Thought.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading But, as often as a new name is written there, an old one disappears.
verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
From this reading Time has a Doomsday-Book, upon whose pages he is continually recording illustrious names.
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading These are the high nobility of Nature,--Lords of the Public Domain of Thought.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Only a few stand in illuminated characters, never to be effaced.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading But, as often as a new name is written there, an old one disappears.
a privileged class holding hereditary titles
From this reading These are the high nobility of Nature,--Lords of the Public Domain of Thought.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading These are the high nobility of Nature,--Lords of the Public Domain of Thought.
many times at short intervals
From this reading But, as often as a new name is written there, an old one disappears.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading But, as often as a new name is written there, an old one disappears.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But, as often as a new name is written there, an old one disappears.
and nothing more
From this reading Only a few stand in illuminated characters, never to be effaced.
plural of “page” — one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading Time has a Doomsday-Book, upon whose pages he is continually recording illustrious names.
all of the offspring of a given progenitor
From this reading Posterity shall never question their titles.
people in general considered as a whole
From this reading These are the high nobility of Nature,--Lords of the Public Domain of Thought.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading Posterity shall never question their titles.
a signal that encodes something (e.g., picture or sound) that has been recorded
From this reading Time has a Doomsday-Book, upon whose pages he is continually recording illustrious names.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Posterity shall never question their titles.
be standing; be upright
From this reading Only a few stand in illuminated characters, never to be effaced.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading These are the high nobility of Nature,--Lords of the Public Domain of Thought.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Posterity shall never question their titles.
in or at that place or location
From this reading But, as often as a new name is written there, an old one disappears.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These are the high nobility of Nature,--Lords of the Public Domain of Thought.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading These are the high nobility of Nature,--Lords of the Public Domain of Thought.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Time has a Doomsday-Book, upon whose pages he is continually recording illustrious names.
plural of “title” — a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
From this reading Posterity shall never question their titles.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Only a few stand in illuminated characters, never to be effaced.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Time has a Doomsday-Book, upon whose pages he is continually recording illustrious names.
belonging to which person
From this reading Time has a Doomsday-Book, upon whose pages he is continually recording illustrious names.
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading But, as often as a new name is written there, an old one disappears.
Chapter 8 of Hyperion by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow holds 124 sentences, grouped into 25 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 8 holds 124 sentences of Hyperion, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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