Chapter 6 of Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold is here in full — 323 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold is here in full — 323 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_The Youth_ Thanks, gracious one! Ah, the sweet fumes again! More soft, ah me, More subtle-winding That Pan's flute-music! Faint--faint! Ah me, Again the sweet sleep!
Chapter 6 of Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold is here in full — 323 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading “Faint--faint!”
gases ejected from an engine as waste products
From this reading “Ah, the sweet fumes again!”
characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
From this reading “_The Youth_ Thanks, gracious one!”
possessive form of “pan” — cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
From this reading “More soft, ah me, More subtle-winding That Pan's flute-music!”
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading “More soft, ah me, More subtle-winding That Pan's flute-music!”
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading “Ah, the sweet fumes again!”
an acknowledgment of appreciation
From this reading “_The Youth_ Thanks, gracious one!”
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
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anew
From this reading Ah, the sweet fumes again!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ah, the sweet fumes again!
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading Faint--faint!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading More soft, ah me, More subtle-winding That Pan's flute-music!
gases ejected from an engine as waste products
From this reading Ah, the sweet fumes again!
characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
From this reading _The Youth_ Thanks, gracious one!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading More soft, ah me, More subtle-winding That Pan's flute-music!
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading More soft, ah me, More subtle-winding That Pan's flute-music!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading _The Youth_ Thanks, gracious one!
possessive form of “pan” — cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
From this reading More soft, ah me, More subtle-winding That Pan's flute-music!
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading Ah me, Again the sweet sleep!
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading More soft, ah me, More subtle-winding That Pan's flute-music!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading More soft, ah me, More subtle-winding That Pan's flute-music!
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading Ah, the sweet fumes again!
an acknowledgment of appreciation
From this reading _The Youth_ Thanks, gracious one!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading More soft, ah me, More subtle-winding That Pan's flute-music!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The Youth_ Thanks, gracious one!
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading _The Youth_ Thanks, gracious one!
Chapter 6 of Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Matthew Arnold holds 323 sentences, grouped into 65 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 6 holds 323 sentences of Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold, unabridged, divided into 65 reading sections.
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