Chapter 6 of Louise Chandler Moulton, Poet and Friend is here in full — 370 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Louise Chandler Moulton, Poet and Friend is here in full — 370 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
1890-1895 And this is the reward. That the ideal shall be real to thee, and the impressions of the actual world shall fall like summer rain, copious, but not troublesome.... Doubt not, O Poet, but persist.--EMERSON. Onward the chariot of the Untarrying moves; Nor day divulges him nor night conceals. WILLIAM WATSON.
Chapter 6 of Louise Chandler Moulton, Poet and Friend is here in full — 370 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage
From this reading “Onward the chariot of the Untarrying moves; Nor day divulges him nor night conceals.”
third-person singular of “conceal” — prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading “Onward the chariot of the Untarrying moves; Nor day divulges him nor night conceals.”
large in number or quantity (especially of discourse)
From this reading “That the ideal shall be real to thee, and the impressions of the actual world shall fall like summer rain, copious, but not troublesome....”
United States writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882)
From this reading “Doubt not, O Poet, but persist.--EMERSON.”
plural of “move” — the act of deciding to do something
From this reading “Onward the chariot of the Untarrying moves; Nor day divulges him nor night conceals.”
continue to exist
From this reading “Doubt not, O Poet, but persist.--EMERSON.”
causing difficulty or annoyance
From this reading “That the ideal shall be real to thee, and the impressions of the actual world shall fall like summer rain, copious, but not troublesome....”
United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934)
From this reading “WILLIAM WATSON.”
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 “That the ideal shall be real to thee, and the impressions of the actual world shall fall like summer rain, copious, but not troublesome....”
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From this reading 1890-1895 And this is the reward.
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From this reading 1890-1895 And this is the reward.
presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
From this reading That the ideal shall be real to thee, and the impressions of the actual world shall fall like summer rain, copious, but not troublesome....
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 1890-1895 And this is the reward.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That the ideal shall be real to thee, and the impressions of the actual world shall fall like summer rain, copious, but not troublesome....
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading That the ideal shall be real to thee, and the impressions of the actual world shall fall like summer rain, copious, but not troublesome....
a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage
From this reading Onward the chariot of the Untarrying moves; Nor day divulges him nor night conceals.
third-person singular of “conceal” — prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading Onward the chariot of the Untarrying moves; Nor day divulges him nor night conceals.
large in number or quantity (especially of discourse)
From this reading That the ideal shall be real to thee, and the impressions of the actual world shall fall like summer rain, copious, but not troublesome....
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Onward the chariot of the Untarrying moves; Nor day divulges him nor night conceals.
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From this reading Onward the chariot of the Untarrying moves; Nor day divulges him nor night conceals.
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading Doubt not, O Poet, but persist.--EMERSON.
United States writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882)
From this reading Doubt not, O Poet, but persist.--EMERSON.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading That the ideal shall be real to thee, and the impressions of the actual world shall fall like summer rain, copious, but not troublesome....
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Onward the chariot of the Untarrying moves; Nor day divulges him nor night conceals.
conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal
From this reading That the ideal shall be real to thee, and the impressions of the actual world shall fall like summer rain, copious, but not troublesome....
plural of “impression” — a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
From this reading That the ideal shall be real to thee, and the impressions of the actual world shall fall like summer rain, copious, but not troublesome....
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 1890-1895 And this is the reward.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading That the ideal shall be real to thee, and the impressions of the actual world shall fall like summer rain, copious, but not troublesome....
plural of “move” — the act of deciding to do something
From this reading Onward the chariot of the Untarrying moves; Nor day divulges him nor night conceals.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Onward the chariot of the Untarrying moves; Nor day divulges him nor night conceals.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Onward the chariot of the Untarrying moves; Nor day divulges him nor night conceals.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading That the ideal shall be real to thee, and the impressions of the actual world shall fall like summer rain, copious, but not troublesome....
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 Doubt not, O Poet, but persist.--EMERSON.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That the ideal shall be real to thee, and the impressions of the actual world shall fall like summer rain, copious, but not troublesome....
forward in time or order or degree
From this reading Onward the chariot of the Untarrying moves; Nor day divulges him nor night conceals.
continue to exist
From this reading Doubt not, O Poet, but persist.--EMERSON.
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading Doubt not, O Poet, but persist.--EMERSON.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading That the ideal shall be real to thee, and the impressions of the actual world shall fall like summer rain, copious, but not troublesome....
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading That the ideal shall be real to thee, and the impressions of the actual world shall fall like summer rain, copious, but not troublesome....
a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
From this reading 1890-1895 And this is the reward.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading That the ideal shall be real to thee, and the impressions of the actual world shall fall like summer rain, copious, but not troublesome....
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading That the ideal shall be real to thee, and the impressions of the actual world shall fall like summer rain, copious, but not troublesome....
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That the ideal shall be real to thee, and the impressions of the actual world shall fall like summer rain, copious, but not troublesome....
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 1890-1895 And this is the reward.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading That the ideal shall be real to thee, and the impressions of the actual world shall fall like summer rain, copious, but not troublesome....
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading 1890-1895 And this is the reward.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That the ideal shall be real to thee, and the impressions of the actual world shall fall like summer rain, copious, but not troublesome....
causing difficulty or annoyance
From this reading That the ideal shall be real to thee, and the impressions of the actual world shall fall like summer rain, copious, but not troublesome....
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Onward the chariot of the Untarrying moves; Nor day divulges him nor night conceals.
United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934)
From this reading WILLIAM WATSON.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WILLIAM WATSON.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading That the ideal shall be real to thee, and the impressions of the actual world shall fall like summer rain, copious, but not troublesome....
Chapter 6 of Louise Chandler Moulton, Poet and Friend by Lilian Whiting holds 370 sentences, grouped into 74 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 6 holds 370 sentences of Louise Chandler Moulton, Poet and Friend, unabridged, divided into 74 reading sections.
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