Chapter 2 of Oracles from the Poets is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Oracles from the Poets is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
12. An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven. JAMES ALDRICH. 13. You have no gift at all in shrewishness, You are a right woman for your cowardice.
Chapter 2 of Oracles from the Poets is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the trait of lacking courage
From this reading “You have no gift at all in shrewishness, You are a right woman for your cowardice.”
emanating from God
From this reading “An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.”
something acquired without compensation
From this reading “You have no gift at all in shrewishness, You are a right woman for your cowardice.”
someone employed to conduct others
From this reading “An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.”
relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts
From this reading “An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.”
preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
From this reading “An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.”
not agitated; without losing self-possession
From this reading “An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.”
an old word for “to”
From this reading “An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.”
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.
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In this reading “An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.”
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From this reading 12.
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From this reading 13.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading You have no gift at all in shrewishness, You are a right woman for your cowardice.
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From this reading JAMES ALDRICH.
(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 You have no gift at all in shrewishness, You are a right woman for your cowardice.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You have no gift at all in shrewishness, You are a right woman for your cowardice.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading You have no gift at all in shrewishness, You are a right woman for your cowardice.
the trait of lacking courage
From this reading You have no gift at all in shrewishness, You are a right woman for your cowardice.
emanating from God
From this reading An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading You have no gift at all in shrewishness, You are a right woman for your cowardice.
something acquired without compensation
From this reading You have no gift at all in shrewishness, You are a right woman for your cowardice.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.
someone employed to conduct others
From this reading An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You have no gift at all in shrewishness, You are a right woman for your cowardice.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.
relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts
From this reading An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.
a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
From this reading JAMES ALDRICH.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.
not any; not one
From this reading You have no gift at all in shrewishness, You are a right woman for your cowardice.
preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
From this reading An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.
free of extraneous elements of any kind
From this reading An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.
precisely, exactly
From this reading You have no gift at all in shrewishness, You are a right woman for your cowardice.
not agitated; without losing self-possession
From this reading An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.
a nature given to nagging or scolding
From this reading You have no gift at all in shrewishness, You are a right woman for your cowardice.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.
an old word for “to”
From this reading An inward light to guide thee, Unto thy soul is given, Pure and serene as its divine Original in heaven.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading You have no gift at all in shrewishness, You are a right woman for your cowardice.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You have no gift at all in shrewishness, You are a right woman for your cowardice.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You have no gift at all in shrewishness, You are a right woman for your cowardice.
Chapter 2 of Oracles from the Poets by Caroline Howard [Editor] Gilman holds 375 sentences, grouped into 75 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.
Chapter 2 holds 375 sentences of Oracles from the Poets, unabridged, divided into 75 reading sections.
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