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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 8 of McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
XLV. THE TEMPEST. (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works. Of these, his "Yesterdays with Authors" is the most noted. 1.
Chapter 8 of McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “(125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.”
plural of “author” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “Of these, his "Yesterdays with Authors" is the most noted.”
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
From this reading “(125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.”
widely known and esteemed
From this reading “Of these, his "Yesterdays with Authors" is the most noted.”
a port city in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River opposite Norfolk; naval base; shipyards
From this reading “(125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.”
ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
From this reading “(125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.”
a violent commotion or disturbance
From this reading “THE TEMPEST.”
plural of “yesterday” — the day immediately before today
From this reading “Of these, his "Yesterdays with Authors" is the most noted.”
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From this reading (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
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From this reading (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
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From this reading (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
in addition
From this reading (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
plural of “author” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading Of these, his "Yesterdays with Authors" is the most noted.
brought into existence
From this reading (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
From this reading (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
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
From this reading (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Of these, his "Yesterdays with Authors" is the most noted.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Of these, his "Yesterdays with Authors" is the most noted.
a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
From this reading (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
used to form the superlative
From this reading Of these, his "Yesterdays with Authors" is the most noted.
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 (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
widely known and esteemed
From this reading Of these, his "Yesterdays with Authors" is the most noted.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
a port city in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River opposite Norfolk; naval base; shipyards
From this reading (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
From this reading (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
a violent commotion or disturbance
From this reading THE TEMPEST.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TEMPEST.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Of these, his "Yesterdays with Authors" is the most noted.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
(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 (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
which person or people
From this reading (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Of these, his "Yesterdays with Authors" is the most noted.
buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading (125) By James T. Fields (born 1817, died 1881), who was born at Portsmouth, N. H. He was a poet, and the author, also, of some well known prose works.
being five more than forty
From this reading XLV.
plural of “yesterday” — the day immediately before today
From this reading Of these, his "Yesterdays with Authors" is the most noted.
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