Chapter 25 of Life of Johnson — Volume 6 is here in full — 901 sentences across 181 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 25 of Life of Johnson — Volume 6 is here in full — 901 sentences across 181 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
XAVIER, Francis, v. 392, n. 5. XENOPHON, delineation of characters in the _Anabasis_, iv. 31; _Memorabilia_, iii.
Chapter 25 of Life of Johnson — Volume 6 is here in full — 901 sentences across 181 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “character” — an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading “XENOPHON, delineation of characters in the _Anabasis_, iv.”
a graphic or vivid verbal description
From this reading “XENOPHON, delineation of characters in the _Anabasis_, iv.”
a record of things worth remembering
Spanish missionary and Jesuit who establish missionaries in Japan and Ceylon and the East Indies (1506-1552)
From this reading “XAVIER, Francis, v.”
Greek general and historian; student of Socrates (430-355 BC)
From this reading “XENOPHON, delineation of characters in the _Anabasis_, iv.”
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From this reading 31; _Memorabilia_, iii.
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From this reading 392, n.
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From this reading 5.
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From this reading XENOPHON, delineation of characters in the _Anabasis_, iv.
plural of “character” — an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading XENOPHON, delineation of characters in the _Anabasis_, iv.
a graphic or vivid verbal description
From this reading XENOPHON, delineation of characters in the _Anabasis_, iv.
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From this reading XAVIER, Francis, v.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading 31; _Memorabilia_, iii.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading XENOPHON, delineation of characters in the _Anabasis_, iv.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading XENOPHON, delineation of characters in the _Anabasis_, iv.
a record of things worth remembering
From this reading 31; _Memorabilia_, iii.
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
From this reading 392, n.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading XENOPHON, delineation of characters in the _Anabasis_, iv.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading XENOPHON, delineation of characters in the _Anabasis_, iv.
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading XAVIER, Francis, v.
Spanish missionary and Jesuit who establish missionaries in Japan and Ceylon and the East Indies (1506-1552)
From this reading XAVIER, Francis, v.
Greek general and historian; student of Socrates (430-355 BC)
From this reading XENOPHON, delineation of characters in the _Anabasis_, iv.
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