Chapter 8 of In the Footprints of Charles Lamb is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of In the Footprints of Charles Lamb is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
P. 39. Cottle (Joseph). Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey. London, 1847.
Chapter 8 of In the Footprints of Charles Lamb is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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English romantic poet (1772-1834)
From this reading “Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey.”
leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)
From this reading “Cottle (Joseph).”
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading “London, 1847.”
plural of “reminiscence” — a mental impression retained and recalled from the past
From this reading “Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey.”
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading “Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey.”
(Old Testament) Hebrew prophet and judge who anointed Saul as king
From this reading “Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey.”
United States composer and music critic (1885-1966)
From this reading “Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey.”
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From this reading London, 1847.
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From this reading 39.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey.
English romantic poet (1772-1834)
From this reading Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey.
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From this reading Cottle (Joseph).
leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)
From this reading Cottle (Joseph).
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading London, 1847.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading P.
plural of “reminiscence” — a mental impression retained and recalled from the past
From this reading Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey.
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey.
(Old Testament) Hebrew prophet and judge who anointed Saul as king
From this reading Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey.
English poet and friend of Wordsworth and Coleridge (1774-1843)
From this reading Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey.
United States composer and music critic (1885-1966)
From this reading Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey.
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