Chapter 1 of Poems in Two Volumes, Volume 2 is here in full — 351 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 1 of Poems in Two Volumes, Volume 2 is here in full — 351 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
VOL. II. AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS_. Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus. 1.
Chapter 1 of Poems in Two Volumes, Volume 2 is here in full — 351 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS_.”
plural of “ballad” — a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading “Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.”
suitable for or suggestive of singing
From this reading “AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS_.”
type genus of the Musaceae: bananas
From this reading “Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.”
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From this reading 1.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS_.
plural of “ballad” — a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
From this reading AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS_.
the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.
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From this reading Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.
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From this reading Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.
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From this reading Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading II.
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From this reading Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.
suitable for or suggestive of singing
From this reading AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS_.
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From this reading Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.
type genus of the Musaceae: bananas
From this reading Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.
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From this reading Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS_.
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From this reading Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.
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From this reading Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.
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From this reading Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.
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From this reading Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AUTHOR OF _THE LYRICAL BALLADS_.
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From this reading Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.
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From this reading VOL.
Chapter 1 of Poems in Two Volumes, Volume 2 by William Wordsworth holds 351 sentences, grouped into 71 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 351 sentences of Poems in Two Volumes, Volume 2, unabridged, divided into 71 reading sections.
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