Chapter 17 of Quodlibet: Containing Some Annals Thereof ... is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVII
Chapter 17 of Quodlibet: Containing Some Annals Thereof ... is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Proceedings of the Grand Central Committee. Vindication of the severity practiced against General Harrison. Tactics of the New Lights. Abolitionism. Selling white men for debt.
Chapter 17 of Quodlibet: Containing Some Annals Thereof ... is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery
From this reading “Abolitionism.”
English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990)
From this reading “Vindication of the severity practiced against General Harrison.”
having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
From this reading “Vindication of the severity practiced against General Harrison.”
(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
From this reading “Proceedings of the Grand Central Committee.”
the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
From this reading “Selling white men for debt.”
used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
From this reading “Vindication of the severity practiced against General Harrison.”
the branch of military science dealing with detailed maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy
From this reading “Tactics of the New Lights.”
the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.
From this reading “Vindication of the severity practiced against General Harrison.”
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Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Selling white men for debt.”
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the doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery
From this reading Abolitionism.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Vindication of the severity practiced against General Harrison.
serving as an essential component
From this reading Proceedings of the Grand Central Committee.
a special group delegated to consider some matter
From this reading Proceedings of the Grand Central Committee.
the state of owing something (especially money)
From this reading Selling white men for debt.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Selling white men for debt.
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading Vindication of the severity practiced against General Harrison.
of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
From this reading Proceedings of the Grand Central Committee.
English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990)
From this reading Vindication of the severity practiced against General Harrison.
plural of “light” — (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
From this reading Tactics of the New Lights.
the force of workers available
From this reading Selling white men for debt.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Tactics of the New Lights.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Proceedings of the Grand Central Committee.
having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
From this reading Vindication of the severity practiced against General Harrison.
(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
From this reading Proceedings of the Grand Central Committee.
the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
From this reading Selling white men for debt.
used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
From this reading Vindication of the severity practiced against General Harrison.
the branch of military science dealing with detailed maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy
From this reading Tactics of the New Lights.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Proceedings of the Grand Central Committee.
the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.
From this reading Vindication of the severity practiced against General Harrison.
a Caucasian
From this reading Selling white men for debt.
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