Chapter 1 of Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. 2 (of 2) is here in full — 5 sentences across 1 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. 2 (of 2) is here in full — 5 sentences across 1 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
See https:// Superscripted characters are enclosed by curly braces (example: Commiss{r}). Edited by In Two Volumes VOL. II London William Heinemann [All rights reserved.] The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II PAGE
Chapter 1 of Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. 2 (of 2) is here in full — 5 sentences across 1 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
From this reading “Superscripted characters are enclosed by curly braces (example: Commiss{r}).”
a university in England
From this reading “The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II PAGE”
(of hair) having curls or waves
From this reading “Superscripted characters are enclosed by curly braces (example: Commiss{r}).”
improved or corrected by critical editing
From this reading “Edited by In Two Volumes VOL.”
closed in or surrounded or included within
From this reading “Superscripted characters are enclosed by curly braces (example: Commiss{r}).”
United States publisher who founded a printing shop that became an important book publisher (1823-1895)
From this reading “The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II PAGE”
set aside for the use of a particular person or party
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the bank of a river
From this reading “The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II PAGE”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Edited by In Two Volumes VOL.”
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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 The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II PAGE
(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 II London William Heinemann [All rights reserved.]
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II PAGE
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Superscripted characters are enclosed by curly braces (example: Commiss{r}).
an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
From this reading Superscripted characters are enclosed by curly braces (example: Commiss{r}).
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Superscripted characters are enclosed by curly braces (example: Commiss{r}).
a university in England
From this reading The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II PAGE
plural of “character” — an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
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From this reading Superscripted characters are enclosed by curly braces (example: Commiss{r}).
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II PAGE
(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
From this reading The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II PAGE
(of hair) having curls or waves
From this reading Superscripted characters are enclosed by curly braces (example: Commiss{r}).
improved or corrected by critical editing
From this reading Edited by In Two Volumes VOL.
closed in or surrounded or included within
From this reading Superscripted characters are enclosed by curly braces (example: Commiss{r}).
an item of information that is typical of a class or group
From this reading Superscripted characters are enclosed by curly braces (example: Commiss{r}).
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
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From this reading II London William Heinemann [All rights reserved.]
United States publisher who founded a printing shop that became an important book publisher (1823-1895)
From this reading The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II PAGE
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From this reading See https://
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Edited by In Two Volumes VOL.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
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the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II PAGE
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II PAGE
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II 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 The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II PAGE
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II PAGE
past form of “print” — put into print
From this reading The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II PAGE
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading Superscripted characters are enclosed by curly braces (example: Commiss{r}).
set aside for the use of a particular person or party
From this reading II London William Heinemann [All rights reserved.]
plural of “right” — an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
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the bank of a river
From this reading The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II PAGE
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II PAGE
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See https://
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II PAGE
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Edited by In Two Volumes VOL.
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II PAGE
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From this reading Edited by In Two Volumes VOL.
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II PAGE
plural of “volume” — the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading Edited by In Two Volumes VOL.
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From this reading II London William Heinemann [All rights reserved.]
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