O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas

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O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas, by Gordon Stables.

________________________________________________________________________ O'ER MANY LANDS, ON MANY SEAS, BY GORDON STABLES.

CHAPTER ONE.

"And I have loved thee, Ocean! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward; from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers--they to me Were a delight...

For I was, as it were, a child of thee."

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O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas

Chapter I

Chapter 1 of O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas is here in full — 463 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas, by Gordon Stables.

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________________________________________________________________________ O'ER MANY LANDS, ON MANY SEAS, BY GORDON STABLES.

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CHAPTER ONE.

/ˈtʃæptər wʌn/

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"And I have loved thee, Ocean! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward; from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers--they to me Were a delight...

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For I was, as it were, a child of thee."

/fɔːr aɪ wɑːz æz ɪt wɜːr ə tʃaɪld ʌv ðiː/

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breakers noun US /ˈbreɪkərz/

waves breaking on the shore

From this reading “"And I have loved thee, Ocean! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward; from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers--they to me Were a delight...”

bubbles noun US /ˈbʌbəlz/

plural of “bubble” — a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)

Lands noun US /lændz/

plural of “land” — the land on which real estate is located

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onward adverb US /ˈɔːnwərd/

forward in time or order or degree

Seas noun US /siːz/

plural of “sea” — a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

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sports noun US /spɔːrts/

plural of “sport” — an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

Stables noun US /ˈsteɪbəlz/

plural of “stable” — a farm building for housing horses or other livestock

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youthful adjective US /ˈjuːθfəl/

suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading "And I have loved thee, Ocean! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward; from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers--they to me Were a delight...

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading For I was, as it were, a child of thee."

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

BorneverbUS /bɔːrn/

inflected form of “bear” — have

boynounUS /bɔɪ/

a youthful male person

breakersnounUS /ˈbreɪkərz/

waves breaking on the shore

breastnounUS /brest/

the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen

bubblesnounUS /ˈbʌbəlz/

plural of “bubble” — a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

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CHAPTERnounUS /ˈtʃæptər/

a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled

From this reading CHAPTER ONE.

childnounUS /tʃaɪld/

a young person of either sex

From this reading For I was, as it were, a child of thee."

delightverbUS /dɪˈlaɪt/

give pleasure to or be pleasing to

ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For I was, as it were, a child of thee."

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

Gordon

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haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading For I was, as it were, a child of thee."

joynounUS /dʒɔɪ/

the emotion of great happiness

LandsnounUS /lændz/

plural of “land” — the land on which real estate is located

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likeverbUS /laɪk/

prefer or wish to do something

lovedadjectiveUS /lʌvd/

held dear

ManyadjectiveUS /ˈmeni/

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

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mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

O'eradverb

throughout a period of time

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OceannounUS /ˈoʊʃən/

a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere

OfprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

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ONEpronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading CHAPTER ONE.

onwardadverbUS /ˈɔːnwərd/

forward in time or order or degree

SeasnounUS /siːz/

plural of “sea” — a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

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sportsnounUS /spɔːrts/

plural of “sport” — an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

StablesnounUS /ˈsteɪbəlz/

plural of “stable” — a farm building for housing horses or other livestock

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theepronounUS /ðiː/

an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

wantoned

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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

Wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

youthfuladjectiveUS /ˈjuːθfəl/

suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh

Chapter 1 of O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas by Gordon Stables holds 463 sentences, grouped into 93 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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