Chapter 1 of Miscellaneous Poems is here in full — 37 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Miscellaneous Poems is here in full — 37 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Confiteor facere hoc annos; sed et altera causa est, Anxietas animi, continuusque dolor. OVID. ------------------- MAGISTRATE, VAGRANT, CONSTABLE, &c. VAGRANT. Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.
Chapter 1 of Miscellaneous Poems is here in full — 37 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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for a short time
From this reading “Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.”
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading “Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.”
a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
From this reading “------------------- MAGISTRATE, VAGRANT, CONSTABLE, &c.”
standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States
From this reading “Confiteor facere hoc annos; sed et altera causa est, Anxietas animi, continuusque dolor.”
unpleasantly stern
From this reading “Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.”
a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)
From this reading “------------------- MAGISTRATE, VAGRANT, CONSTABLE, &c.”
send (money) in payment
From this reading “Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.”
a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
From this reading “------------------- MAGISTRATE, VAGRANT, CONSTABLE, &c.”
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From this reading Confiteor facere hoc annos; sed et altera causa est, Anxietas animi, continuusque dolor.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Confiteor facere hoc annos; sed et altera causa est, Anxietas animi, continuusque dolor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Confiteor facere hoc annos; sed et altera causa est, Anxietas animi, continuusque dolor.
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From this reading Confiteor facere hoc annos; sed et altera causa est, Anxietas animi, continuusque dolor.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.
for a short time
From this reading Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.
terminate
From this reading Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading ------------------- MAGISTRATE, VAGRANT, CONSTABLE, &c.
a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
From this reading Confiteor facere hoc annos; sed et altera causa est, Anxietas animi, continuusque dolor.
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
From this reading Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Confiteor facere hoc annos; sed et altera causa est, Anxietas animi, continuusque dolor.
a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
From this reading ------------------- MAGISTRATE, VAGRANT, CONSTABLE, &c.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Confiteor facere hoc annos; sed et altera causa est, Anxietas animi, continuusque dolor.
(poetry) painful grief
From this reading Confiteor facere hoc annos; sed et altera causa est, Anxietas animi, continuusque dolor.
standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States
From this reading Confiteor facere hoc annos; sed et altera causa est, Anxietas animi, continuusque dolor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Confiteor facere hoc annos; sed et altera causa est, Anxietas animi, continuusque dolor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Confiteor facere hoc annos; sed et altera causa est, Anxietas animi, continuusque dolor.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.
unpleasantly stern
From this reading Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Confiteor facere hoc annos; sed et altera causa est, Anxietas animi, continuusque dolor.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.
a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)
From this reading ------------------- MAGISTRATE, VAGRANT, CONSTABLE, &c.
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.
Roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 BC - AD 17)
From this reading OVID.
send (money) in payment
From this reading Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Confiteor facere hoc annos; sed et altera causa est, Anxietas animi, continuusque dolor.
express in speech
From this reading Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.
carry out
From this reading Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.
a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
From this reading ------------------- MAGISTRATE, VAGRANT, CONSTABLE, &c.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Take, take away thy barbarous hand, And let me to thy Master speak; Remit awhile the harsh command, And hear me, or my heart will break.
Chapter 1 of Miscellaneous Poems by George Crabbe holds 37 sentences, grouped into 8 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.
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