Chapter 17 of Nestleton Magna is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Nestleton Magna is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PHILIP FULLER MAKES A DISCOVERY. “Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither. What a place is this! Must here be the beginning of my bliss? Must here the burden fall from off my back?
Chapter 17 of Nestleton Magna is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a quantity of no importance
From this reading ““Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.”
a state of extreme happiness
From this reading “Must here be the beginning of my bliss?”
an onerous or difficult concern
From this reading “Must here the burden fall from off my back?”
the act of discovering something
From this reading “PHILIP FULLER MAKES A DISCOVERY.”
United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910)
From this reading “PHILIP FULLER MAKES A DISCOVERY.”
an old word meaning “to this place”
From this reading ““Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.”
filled with a great quantity
From this reading ““Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.”
estrangement from god
From this reading ““Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.”
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 ““Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.”
In this reading “Must here the burden fall from off my back?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 PHILIP FULLER MAKES A DISCOVERY.
a quantity of no importance
From this reading “Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Must here the burden fall from off my back?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Must here be the beginning of my bliss?
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading Must here be the beginning of my bliss?
a state of extreme happiness
From this reading Must here be the beginning of my bliss?
an onerous or difficult concern
From this reading Must here the burden fall from off my back?
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.
the act of discovering something
From this reading PHILIP FULLER MAKES A DISCOVERY.
move gently or carefully
From this reading “Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading Must here the burden fall from off my back?
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading “Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Must here the burden fall from off my back?
United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910)
From this reading PHILIP FULLER MAKES A DISCOVERY.
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading “Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Must here be the beginning of my bliss?
an old word meaning “to this place”
From this reading “Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What a place is this!
filled with a great quantity
From this reading “Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading PHILIP FULLER MAKES A DISCOVERY.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Must here be the beginning of my bliss?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading “Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Must here be the beginning of my bliss?
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Must here the burden fall from off my back?
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading PHILIP FULLER MAKES A DISCOVERY.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading What a place is this!
estrangement from god
From this reading “Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading What a place is this!
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading “Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.
up to a particular time
From this reading “Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What a place is this!
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Thus far did I come laden with my sin, Nor could aught ease the grief that I was in, Till I came hither.
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