Chapter 1 of Musical Travels Through England is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Musical Travels Through England is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected, but period spelling remains unchanged. Quotation marks around dialogue was absent in some paragraphs and has been corrected. Italics are represented thus _italic_ and underline thus +underline+. ENGLAND. JOEL COLLIER, ORGANIST.
Chapter 1 of Musical Travels Through England is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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someone who works in a coal mine
From this reading “JOEL COLLIER, ORGANIST.”
a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
plural of “italic” — a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
From this reading “Italics are represented thus _italic_ and underline thus +underline+.”
a person who plays an organ
From this reading “JOEL COLLIER, ORGANIST.”
plural of “paragraph” — one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line
From this reading “Quotation marks around dialogue was absent in some paragraphs and has been corrected.”
relating to or occurring or used in typography
From this reading “Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected, but period spelling remains unchanged.”
not made or become different
From this reading “Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected, but period spelling remains unchanged.”
give extra weight to (a communication)
From this reading “Italics are represented thus _italic_ and underline thus +underline+.”
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 “Quotation marks around dialogue was absent in some paragraphs and has been corrected.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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not being in a specified place
From this reading Quotation marks around dialogue was absent in some paragraphs and has been corrected.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Quotation marks around dialogue was absent in some paragraphs and has been corrected.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Italics are represented thus _italic_ and underline thus +underline+.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Quotation marks around dialogue was absent in some paragraphs and has been corrected.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected, but period spelling remains unchanged.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected, but period spelling remains unchanged.
someone who works in a coal mine
From this reading JOEL COLLIER, ORGANIST.
having something undesirable neutralized
From this reading Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected, but period spelling remains unchanged.
a conversation between two persons
From this reading Quotation marks around dialogue was absent in some paragraphs and has been corrected.
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading ENGLAND.
plural of “error” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected, but period spelling remains unchanged.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Quotation marks around dialogue was absent in some paragraphs and has been corrected.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected, but period spelling remains unchanged.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Quotation marks around dialogue was absent in some paragraphs and has been corrected.
a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
From this reading Italics are represented thus _italic_ and underline thus +underline+.
plural of “italic” — a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
From this reading Italics are represented thus _italic_ and underline thus +underline+.
a Hebrew minor prophet
From this reading JOEL COLLIER, ORGANIST.
English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964)
From this reading Quotation marks around dialogue was absent in some paragraphs and has been corrected.
easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
From this reading Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected, but period spelling remains unchanged.
a person who plays an organ
From this reading JOEL COLLIER, ORGANIST.
plural of “paragraph” — one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line
From this reading Quotation marks around dialogue was absent in some paragraphs and has been corrected.
an amount of time
From this reading Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected, but period spelling remains unchanged.
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
From this reading Quotation marks around dialogue was absent in some paragraphs and has been corrected.
any object that is left unused or still extant
From this reading Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected, but period spelling remains unchanged.
represented accurately or precisely
From this reading Italics are represented thus _italic_ and underline thus +underline+.
without speaking
From this reading Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected, but period spelling remains unchanged.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Quotation marks around dialogue was absent in some paragraphs and has been corrected.
forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage
From this reading Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected, but period spelling remains unchanged.
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading Italics are represented thus _italic_ and underline thus +underline+.
relating to or occurring or used in typography
From this reading Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected, but period spelling remains unchanged.
not made or become different
From this reading Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected, but period spelling remains unchanged.
give extra weight to (a communication)
From this reading Italics are represented thus _italic_ and underline thus +underline+.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Quotation marks around dialogue was absent in some paragraphs and has been corrected.
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