Chapter 8 of Ingersollia is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Ingersollia is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
386. Hard Work in the Ark Eight persons did all the work. They attended to the wants of 175,000 birds, 3,616 beasts, 1,300 reptiles, and 2,000,000 insects, saying nothing of countless animalculae. 387. What did Moses know about the Sun?
Chapter 8 of Ingersollia is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(Judaism) sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments
From this reading “Hard Work in the Ark Eight persons did all the work.”
playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment
From this reading “They attended to the wants of 175,000 birds, 3,616 beasts, 1,300 reptiles, and 2,000,000 insects, saying nothing of countless animalculae.”
plural of “beast” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading “They attended to the wants of 175,000 birds, 3,616 beasts, 1,300 reptiles, and 2,000,000 insects, saying nothing of countless animalculae.”
too numerous to be counted
From this reading “They attended to the wants of 175,000 birds, 3,616 beasts, 1,300 reptiles, and 2,000,000 insects, saying nothing of countless animalculae.”
plural of “insect” — small air-breathing arthropod
From this reading “They attended to the wants of 175,000 birds, 3,616 beasts, 1,300 reptiles, and 2,000,000 insects, saying nothing of countless animalculae.”
(Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus; Moses received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai
From this reading “What did Moses know about the Sun?”
plural of “reptile” — any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
From this reading “They attended to the wants of 175,000 birds, 3,616 beasts, 1,300 reptiles, and 2,000,000 insects, saying nothing of countless animalculae.”
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading “They attended to the wants of 175,000 birds, 3,616 beasts, 1,300 reptiles, and 2,000,000 insects, saying nothing of countless animalculae.”
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In this reading “What did Moses know about the Sun?”
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From this reading They attended to the wants of 175,000 birds, 3,616 beasts, 1,300 reptiles, and 2,000,000 insects, saying nothing of countless animalculae.
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From this reading They attended to the wants of 175,000 birds, 3,616 beasts, 1,300 reptiles, and 2,000,000 insects, saying nothing of countless animalculae.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They attended to the wants of 175,000 birds, 3,616 beasts, 1,300 reptiles, and 2,000,000 insects, saying nothing of countless animalculae.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They attended to the wants of 175,000 birds, 3,616 beasts, 1,300 reptiles, and 2,000,000 insects, saying nothing of countless animalculae.
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From this reading 386.
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From this reading 387.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading What did Moses know about the Sun?
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Hard Work in the Ark Eight persons did all the work.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They attended to the wants of 175,000 birds, 3,616 beasts, 1,300 reptiles, and 2,000,000 insects, saying nothing of countless animalculae.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They attended to the wants of 175,000 birds, 3,616 beasts, 1,300 reptiles, and 2,000,000 insects, saying nothing of countless animalculae.
(Judaism) sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments
From this reading Hard Work in the Ark Eight persons did all the work.
playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment
From this reading They attended to the wants of 175,000 birds, 3,616 beasts, 1,300 reptiles, and 2,000,000 insects, saying nothing of countless animalculae.
plural of “beast” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading They attended to the wants of 175,000 birds, 3,616 beasts, 1,300 reptiles, and 2,000,000 insects, saying nothing of countless animalculae.
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading They attended to the wants of 175,000 birds, 3,616 beasts, 1,300 reptiles, and 2,000,000 insects, saying nothing of countless animalculae.
too numerous to be counted
From this reading They attended to the wants of 175,000 birds, 3,616 beasts, 1,300 reptiles, and 2,000,000 insects, saying nothing of countless animalculae.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Hard Work in the Ark Eight persons did all the work.
being one more than seven
From this reading Hard Work in the Ark Eight persons did all the work.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Hard Work in the Ark Eight persons did all the work.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Hard Work in the Ark Eight persons did all the work.
plural of “insect” — small air-breathing arthropod
From this reading They attended to the wants of 175,000 birds, 3,616 beasts, 1,300 reptiles, and 2,000,000 insects, saying nothing of countless animalculae.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading What did Moses know about the Sun?
(Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus; Moses received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai
From this reading What did Moses know about the Sun?
not one thing; not anything
From this reading They attended to the wants of 175,000 birds, 3,616 beasts, 1,300 reptiles, and 2,000,000 insects, saying nothing of countless animalculae.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They attended to the wants of 175,000 birds, 3,616 beasts, 1,300 reptiles, and 2,000,000 insects, saying nothing of countless animalculae.
plural of “person” — a human being
From this reading Hard Work in the Ark Eight persons did all the work.
plural of “reptile” — any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
From this reading They attended to the wants of 175,000 birds, 3,616 beasts, 1,300 reptiles, and 2,000,000 insects, saying nothing of countless animalculae.
a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
From this reading They attended to the wants of 175,000 birds, 3,616 beasts, 1,300 reptiles, and 2,000,000 insects, saying nothing of countless animalculae.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading What did Moses know about the Sun?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Hard Work in the Ark Eight persons did all the work.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They attended to the wants of 175,000 birds, 3,616 beasts, 1,300 reptiles, and 2,000,000 insects, saying nothing of countless animalculae.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They attended to the wants of 175,000 birds, 3,616 beasts, 1,300 reptiles, and 2,000,000 insects, saying nothing of countless animalculae.
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading They attended to the wants of 175,000 birds, 3,616 beasts, 1,300 reptiles, and 2,000,000 insects, saying nothing of countless animalculae.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What did Moses know about the Sun?
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading Hard Work in the Ark Eight persons did all the work.
Chapter 8 of Ingersollia by Robert Green Ingersoll holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 8 holds 403 sentences of Ingersollia, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Ingersollia by Robert Green Ingersoll exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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.
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