Chapter 1 of London Sonnets is here in full — 327 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of London Sonnets is here in full — 327 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“ADVENTURERS ALL” SERIES No. XXVII. [Illustration: Adventurers All. _A SERIES OF YOUNG POETS UNKNOWN TO FAME._ Come my friends.... ’Tis not too late to seek a newer world. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down....
Chapter 1 of London Sonnets is here in full — 327 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “adventurer” — a person who enjoys taking risks
From this reading ““ADVENTURERS ALL” SERIES No. XXVII.”
the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
From this reading “_A SERIES OF YOUNG POETS UNKNOWN TO FAME._ Come my friends....”
plural of “gulf” — an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
From this reading “It may be that the gulfs will wash us down....”
artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading “[Illustration: Adventurers All.”
comparative of “new” — not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading “’Tis not too late to seek a newer world.”
plural of “poet” — a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading “_A SERIES OF YOUNG POETS UNKNOWN TO FAME._ Come my friends....”
similar things placed in order or happening one after another
From this reading ““ADVENTURERS ALL” SERIES No. XXVII.”
clean with some chemical process
From this reading “It may be that the gulfs will wash us down....”
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.
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In this reading “’Tis not too late to seek a newer world.”
the hemisphere that includes North America and South America
In this reading “’Tis not too late to seek a newer world.”
In this reading “_A SERIES OF YOUNG POETS UNKNOWN TO FAME._ Come my friends....”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _A SERIES OF YOUNG POETS UNKNOWN TO FAME._ Come my friends....
plural of “adventurer” — a person who enjoys taking risks
From this reading “ADVENTURERS ALL” SERIES No. XXVII.
(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 “ADVENTURERS ALL” SERIES No. XXVII.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It may be that the gulfs will wash us down....
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading _A SERIES OF YOUNG POETS UNKNOWN TO FAME._ Come my friends....
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading It may be that the gulfs will wash us down....
the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
From this reading _A SERIES OF YOUNG POETS UNKNOWN TO FAME._ Come my friends....
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading _A SERIES OF YOUNG POETS UNKNOWN TO FAME._ Come my friends....
plural of “gulf” — an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
From this reading It may be that the gulfs will wash us down....
artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading [Illustration: Adventurers All.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It may be that the gulfs will wash us down....
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading ’Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading It may be that the gulfs will wash us down....
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _A SERIES OF YOUNG POETS UNKNOWN TO FAME._ Come my friends....
comparative of “new” — not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading ’Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
not any; not one
From this reading “ADVENTURERS ALL” SERIES No. XXVII.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ’Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _A SERIES OF YOUNG POETS UNKNOWN TO FAME._ Come my friends....
plural of “poet” — a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading _A SERIES OF YOUNG POETS UNKNOWN TO FAME._ Come my friends....
try to get or reach
From this reading ’Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
similar things placed in order or happening one after another
From this reading “ADVENTURERS ALL” SERIES No. XXVII.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It may be that the gulfs will wash us down....
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It may be that the gulfs will wash us down....
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading ’Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _A SERIES OF YOUNG POETS UNKNOWN TO FAME._ Come my friends....
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading ’Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
not known
From this reading _A SERIES OF YOUNG POETS UNKNOWN TO FAME._ Come my friends....
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It may be that the gulfs will wash us down....
clean with some chemical process
From this reading It may be that the gulfs will wash us down....
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It may be that the gulfs will wash us down....
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading ’Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-six and one
From this reading “ADVENTURERS ALL” SERIES No. XXVII.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading _A SERIES OF YOUNG POETS UNKNOWN TO FAME._ Come my friends....
Chapter 1 of London Sonnets by Humbert Wolfe holds 327 sentences, grouped into 66 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 1 holds 327 sentences of London Sonnets, unabridged, divided into 66 reading sections.
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