Chapter 1 of Poetical Ingenuities and Eccentricities is here in full — 359 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Poetical Ingenuities and Eccentricities is here in full — 359 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
POETICAL INGENUITIES AND ECCENTRICITIES. _Post 8vo, cloth limp, 2s. 6d. per volume._ THE MAYFAIR LIBRARY. THE NEW REPUBLIC. By W. H. MALLOCK.
Chapter 1 of Poetical Ingenuities and Eccentricities is here in full — 359 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading “_Post 8vo, cloth limp, 2s.”
plural of “eccentricity” — strange and unconventional behavior
From this reading “POETICAL INGENUITIES AND ECCENTRICITIES.”
a room where books are kept
From this reading “6d. per volume._ THE MAYFAIR LIBRARY.”
walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
From this reading “_Post 8vo, cloth limp, 2s.”
for each
From this reading “6d. per volume._ THE MAYFAIR LIBRARY.”
of or relating to poetry
From this reading “POETICAL INGENUITIES AND ECCENTRICITIES.”
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
From this reading “THE NEW REPUBLIC.”
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
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From this reading _Post 8vo, cloth limp, 2s.
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From this reading 6d. per volume._ THE MAYFAIR LIBRARY.
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From this reading _Post 8vo, cloth limp, 2s.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading POETICAL INGENUITIES AND ECCENTRICITIES.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By W. H. MALLOCK.
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading _Post 8vo, cloth limp, 2s.
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
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plural of “eccentricity” — strange and unconventional behavior
From this reading POETICAL INGENUITIES AND ECCENTRICITIES.
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
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a room where books are kept
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walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
From this reading _Post 8vo, cloth limp, 2s.
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From this reading By W. H. MALLOCK.
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not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
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for each
From this reading 6d. per volume._ THE MAYFAIR LIBRARY.
of or relating to poetry
From this reading POETICAL INGENUITIES AND ECCENTRICITIES.
affix in a public place or for public notice
From this reading _Post 8vo, cloth limp, 2s.
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
From this reading THE NEW REPUBLIC.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading 6d. per volume._ THE MAYFAIR LIBRARY.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading By W. H. MALLOCK.
Chapter 1 of Poetical Ingenuities and Eccentricities by William T. [Editor] Dobson holds 359 sentences, grouped into 72 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 359 sentences of Poetical Ingenuities and Eccentricities, unabridged, divided into 72 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Poetical Ingenuities and Eccentricities by William T. [Editor] Dobson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 359 sentences, grouped into 72 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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