Chapter 7 of Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee . Ah, no; the years O! And the rotten rose is ript from the wall.
Chapter 7 of Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a joyous manner
From this reading “They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .”
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
From this reading “They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .”
a quick look
From this reading “They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .”
hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading “They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .”
plural of “maiden” — an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
From this reading “They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .”
a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
From this reading “They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .”
very bad
From this reading “And the rotten rose is ript from the wall.”
an old word for “yes”
From this reading “They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ah, no; the years O!
(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 They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .
in a joyous manner
From this reading They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
From this reading They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And the rotten rose is ript from the wall.
a quick look
From this reading They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And the rotten rose is ript from the wall.
hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .
plural of “maiden” — an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
From this reading They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .
the force of workers available
From this reading They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .
not any; not one
From this reading Ah, no; the years O!
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 Ah, no; the years O!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .
a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
From this reading They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And the rotten rose is ript from the wall.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading And the rotten rose is ript from the wall.
very bad
From this reading And the rotten rose is ript from the wall.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading And the rotten rose is ript from the wall.
during the time that
From this reading They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .
in the company of; together with
From this reading They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .
an old word for “yes”
From this reading They are blithely breakfasting all— Men and maidens—yea, Under the summer tree, With a glimpse of the bay, While pet fowl come to the knee .
a late time of life
From this reading Ah, no; the years O!
Chapter 7 of Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses by Thomas Hardy holds 103 sentences, grouped into 21 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 7 holds 103 sentences of Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
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