Chapter 19 of "My Novel" — Volume 04 is here in full — 96 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIX
Chapter 19 of "My Novel" — Volume 04 is here in full — 96 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PARSON.--"You take for your motto this aphorism, 'Knowledge is Power.' --BACON." RICCABOCCA.--"Bacon make such an aphorism! The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!" LEONARD (astonished).--"Do you mean to say, sir, that that aphorism is not in Lord Bacon?
Chapter 19 of "My Novel" — Volume 04 is here in full — 96 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a short pithy instructive saying
From this reading “PARSON.--"You take for your motto this aphorism, 'Knowledge is Power.'”
filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
From this reading “LEONARD (astonished).--"Do you mean to say, sir, that that aphorism is not in Lord Bacon?”
back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried
From this reading “--BACON."”
United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925)
From this reading “LEONARD (astonished).--"Do you mean to say, sir, that that aphorism is not in Lord Bacon?”
a favorite saying of a sect or political group
From this reading “PARSON.--"You take for your motto this aphorism, 'Knowledge is Power.'”
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading “PARSON.--"You take for your motto this aphorism, 'Knowledge is Power.'”
characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
From this reading “The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!"”
lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
From this reading “The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!"”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading RICCABOCCA.--"Bacon make such an aphorism!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!"
any thing at all
From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!"
a short pithy instructive saying
From this reading PARSON.--"You take for your motto this aphorism, 'Knowledge is Power.'
filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
From this reading LEONARD (astonished).--"Do you mean to say, sir, that that aphorism is not in Lord Bacon?
back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried
From this reading --BACON."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading LEONARD (astonished).--"Do you mean to say, sir, that that aphorism is not in Lord Bacon?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading PARSON.--"You take for your motto this aphorism, 'Knowledge is Power.'
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading PARSON.--"You take for your motto this aphorism, 'Knowledge is Power.'
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
From this reading PARSON.--"You take for your motto this aphorism, 'Knowledge is Power.'
immediately past
From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!"
United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925)
From this reading LEONARD (astonished).--"Do you mean to say, sir, that that aphorism is not in Lord Bacon?
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading LEONARD (astonished).--"Do you mean to say, sir, that that aphorism is not in Lord Bacon?
engage in
From this reading RICCABOCCA.--"Bacon make such an aphorism!
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!"
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading LEONARD (astonished).--"Do you mean to say, sir, that that aphorism is not in Lord Bacon?
a favorite saying of a sect or political group
From this reading PARSON.--"You take for your motto this aphorism, 'Knowledge is Power.'
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading LEONARD (astonished).--"Do you mean to say, sir, that that aphorism is not in Lord Bacon?
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading PARSON.--"You take for your motto this aphorism, 'Knowledge is Power.'
characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!"
possession of controlling influence
From this reading PARSON.--"You take for your motto this aphorism, 'Knowledge is Power.'
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From this reading RICCABOCCA.--"Bacon make such an aphorism!
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!"
express in words
From this reading LEONARD (astonished).--"Do you mean to say, sir, that that aphorism is not in Lord Bacon?
lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!"
term of address for a man
From this reading LEONARD (astonished).--"Do you mean to say, sir, that that aphorism is not in Lord Bacon?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!"
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading RICCABOCCA.--"Bacon make such an aphorism!
carry out
From this reading PARSON.--"You take for your motto this aphorism, 'Knowledge is Power.'
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading LEONARD (astonished).--"Do you mean to say, sir, that that aphorism is not in Lord Bacon?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading PARSON.--"You take for your motto this aphorism, 'Knowledge is Power.'
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!"
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading PARSON.--"You take for your motto this aphorism, 'Knowledge is Power.'
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading PARSON.--"You take for your motto this aphorism, 'Knowledge is Power.'
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