Chapter 12 of Ishmael is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Ishmael is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
NOBODY'S SON. Not blest? not saved? Who dares to doubt all well With holy innocence? We scorn the creed And tell thee truer than the bigots tell,-- That infants all are Jesu's lambs indeed. --_Martin F. Tupper_.
Chapter 12 of Ishmael is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bigot” — a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own
From this reading “We scorn the creed And tell thee truer than the bigots tell,-- That infants all are Jesu's lambs indeed.”
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
From this reading “Not blest? not saved?”
any system of principles or beliefs
From this reading “We scorn the creed And tell thee truer than the bigots tell,-- That infants all are Jesu's lambs indeed.”
plural of “dare” — a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
From this reading “Who dares to doubt all well With holy innocence?”
plural of “infant” — a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading “We scorn the creed And tell thee truer than the bigots tell,-- That infants all are Jesu's lambs indeed.”
plural of “lamb” — young sheep
From this reading “We scorn the creed And tell thee truer than the bigots tell,-- That infants all are Jesu's lambs indeed.”
possessive form of “nobody” — a person of no influence
From this reading “NOBODY'S SON.”
comparative of “true” — consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading “We scorn the creed And tell thee truer than the bigots tell,-- That infants all are Jesu's lambs indeed.”
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(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 Who dares to doubt all well With holy innocence?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We scorn the creed And tell thee truer than the bigots tell,-- That infants all are Jesu's lambs indeed.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We scorn the creed And tell thee truer than the bigots tell,-- That infants all are Jesu's lambs indeed.
plural of “bigot” — a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own
From this reading We scorn the creed And tell thee truer than the bigots tell,-- That infants all are Jesu's lambs indeed.
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
From this reading Not blest? not saved?
any system of principles or beliefs
From this reading We scorn the creed And tell thee truer than the bigots tell,-- That infants all are Jesu's lambs indeed.
plural of “dare” — a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
From this reading Who dares to doubt all well With holy innocence?
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading Who dares to doubt all well With holy innocence?
a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
From this reading --_Martin F. Tupper_.
a sacred place of pilgrimage
From this reading Who dares to doubt all well With holy innocence?
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading We scorn the creed And tell thee truer than the bigots tell,-- That infants all are Jesu's lambs indeed.
plural of “infant” — a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading We scorn the creed And tell thee truer than the bigots tell,-- That infants all are Jesu's lambs indeed.
the quality of innocent naivete
From this reading Who dares to doubt all well With holy innocence?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We scorn the creed And tell thee truer than the bigots tell,-- That infants all are Jesu's lambs indeed.
plural of “lamb” — young sheep
From this reading We scorn the creed And tell thee truer than the bigots tell,-- That infants all are Jesu's lambs indeed.
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading --_Martin F. Tupper_.
possessive form of “nobody” — a person of no influence
From this reading NOBODY'S SON.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not blest? not saved?
rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin
From this reading Not blest? not saved?
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
From this reading We scorn the creed And tell thee truer than the bigots tell,-- That infants all are Jesu's lambs indeed.
a male human offspring
From this reading NOBODY'S SON.
express in words
From this reading We scorn the creed And tell thee truer than the bigots tell,-- That infants all are Jesu's lambs indeed.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading We scorn the creed And tell thee truer than the bigots tell,-- That infants all are Jesu's lambs indeed.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We scorn the creed And tell thee truer than the bigots tell,-- That infants all are Jesu's lambs indeed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We scorn the creed And tell thee truer than the bigots tell,-- That infants all are Jesu's lambs indeed.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading We scorn the creed And tell thee truer than the bigots tell,-- That infants all are Jesu's lambs indeed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Who dares to doubt all well With holy innocence?
comparative of “true” — consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading We scorn the creed And tell thee truer than the bigots tell,-- That infants all are Jesu's lambs indeed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading --_Martin F. Tupper_.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We scorn the creed And tell thee truer than the bigots tell,-- That infants all are Jesu's lambs indeed.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Who dares to doubt all well With holy innocence?
which person or people
From this reading Who dares to doubt all well With holy innocence?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Who dares to doubt all well With holy innocence?
Chapter 12 of Ishmael by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth holds 438 sentences, grouped into 88 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 12 holds 438 sentences of Ishmael, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
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