Chapter 1 of Poems — Containing The Restropect, Odes, Elegies, Sonnets is here in full — 311 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Poems — Containing The Restropect, Odes, Elegies, Sonnets is here in full — 311 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BY ROBERT LOVELL, AND ROBERT SOUTHEY. Price 3s. 6d. CONTAINING THE RETROSPECT, ODES, ELEGIES, SONNETS, &c. BY ROBERT LOVELL, AND ROBERT SOUTHEY, OF BALIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD.
Chapter 1 of Poems — Containing The Restropect, Odes, Elegies, Sonnets is here in full — 311 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the body of faculty and students of a college
From this reading “BY ROBERT LOVELL, AND ROBERT SOUTHEY, OF BALIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD.”
-ing form of “contain” — include or contain; have as a component
From this reading “CONTAINING THE RETROSPECT, ODES, ELEGIES, SONNETS, &c.”
English astronomer who pioneered radio astronomy (born in 1913)
From this reading “BY ROBERT LOVELL, AND ROBERT SOUTHEY.”
plural of “ode” — a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
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a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University
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contemplation of things past
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United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
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plural of “sonnet” — a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
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From this reading Price 3s.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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showing who or what does the action
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a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading CONTAINING THE RETROSPECT, ODES, ELEGIES, SONNETS, &c.
the body of faculty and students of a college
From this reading BY ROBERT LOVELL, AND ROBERT SOUTHEY, OF BALIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD.
-ing form of “contain” — include or contain; have as a component
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a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
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From this reading CONTAINING THE RETROSPECT, ODES, ELEGIES, SONNETS, &c.
English astronomer who pioneered radio astronomy (born in 1913)
From this reading BY ROBERT LOVELL, AND ROBERT SOUTHEY.
plural of “ode” — a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
From this reading CONTAINING THE RETROSPECT, ODES, ELEGIES, SONNETS, &c.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BY ROBERT LOVELL, AND ROBERT SOUTHEY, OF BALIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD.
a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University
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the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
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contemplation of things past
From this reading CONTAINING THE RETROSPECT, ODES, ELEGIES, SONNETS, &c.
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading BY ROBERT LOVELL, AND ROBERT SOUTHEY.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
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plural of “sonnet” — a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
From this reading CONTAINING THE RETROSPECT, ODES, ELEGIES, SONNETS, &c.
English poet and friend of Wordsworth and Coleridge (1774-1843)
From this reading BY ROBERT LOVELL, AND ROBERT SOUTHEY.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CONTAINING THE RETROSPECT, ODES, ELEGIES, SONNETS, &c.
Chapter 1 of Poems — Containing The Restropect, Odes, Elegies, Sonnets by Robert Lovell holds 311 sentences, grouped into 63 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 1 holds 311 sentences of Poems — Containing The Restropect, Odes, Elegies, Sonnets, unabridged, divided into 63 reading sections.
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