Chapter 18 of Saronia: A Romance of Ancient Ephesus is here in full — 77 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 18 of Saronia: A Romance of Ancient Ephesus is here in full — 77 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE WITCH It was night in the city of the Ephesian goddess. Gathered around the glare of a rude lamp sat Endora and a few who had come to consult her. Said one: 'Thou hast heard of the new faith springing up around us?' 'I have.' 'Shall it prosper?'
Chapter 18 of Saronia: A Romance of Ancient Ephesus is here in full — 77 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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get or ask advice from
From this reading “Gathered around the glare of a rude lamp sat Endora and a few who had come to consult her.”
a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
From this reading “Gathered around the glare of a rude lamp sat Endora and a few who had come to consult her.”
a female deity
From this reading “THE WITCH It was night in the city of the Ephesian goddess.”
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Said one: 'Thou hast heard of the new faith springing up around us?'”
make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
From this reading “'Shall it prosper?'”
socially incorrect in behavior
From this reading “Gathered around the glare of a rude lamp sat Endora and a few who had come to consult her.”
-ing form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “Said one: 'Thou hast heard of the new faith springing up around us?'”
a female sorcerer or magician
From this reading “THE WITCH It was night in the city of the Ephesian goddess.”
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come into existence; take on form or shape
In this reading “Said one: 'Thou hast heard of the new faith springing up around us?'”
In this reading “THE WITCH It was night in the city of the Ephesian goddess.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Gathered around the glare of a rude lamp sat Endora and a few who had come to consult her.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Gathered around the glare of a rude lamp sat Endora and a few who had come to consult her.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Gathered around the glare of a rude lamp sat Endora and a few who had come to consult her.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading THE WITCH It was night in the city of the Ephesian goddess.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Gathered around the glare of a rude lamp sat Endora and a few who had come to consult her.
get or ask advice from
From this reading Gathered around the glare of a rude lamp sat Endora and a few who had come to consult her.
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From this reading Gathered around the glare of a rude lamp sat Endora and a few who had come to consult her.
a resident of the ancient Greek city of Ephesus
From this reading THE WITCH It was night in the city of the Ephesian goddess.
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading Said one: 'Thou hast heard of the new faith springing up around us?'
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading Gathered around the glare of a rude lamp sat Endora and a few who had come to consult her.
brought together in one place
From this reading Gathered around the glare of a rude lamp sat Endora and a few who had come to consult her.
a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
From this reading Gathered around the glare of a rude lamp sat Endora and a few who had come to consult her.
a female deity
From this reading THE WITCH It was night in the city of the Ephesian goddess.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Gathered around the glare of a rude lamp sat Endora and a few who had come to consult her.
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading Said one: 'Thou hast heard of the new faith springing up around us?'
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 'I have.'
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Said one: 'Thou hast heard of the new faith springing up around us?'
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Gathered around the glare of a rude lamp sat Endora and a few who had come to consult her.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'I have.'
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE WITCH It was night in the city of the Ephesian goddess.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE WITCH It was night in the city of the Ephesian goddess.
an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading Gathered around the glare of a rude lamp sat Endora and a few who had come to consult her.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Said one: 'Thou hast heard of the new faith springing up around us?'
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading THE WITCH It was night in the city of the Ephesian goddess.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE WITCH It was night in the city of the Ephesian goddess.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Said one: 'Thou hast heard of the new faith springing up around us?'
make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
From this reading 'Shall it prosper?'
socially incorrect in behavior
From this reading Gathered around the glare of a rude lamp sat Endora and a few who had come to consult her.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Said one: 'Thou hast heard of the new faith springing up around us?'
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Gathered around the glare of a rude lamp sat Endora and a few who had come to consult her.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading 'Shall it prosper?'
-ing form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Said one: 'Thou hast heard of the new faith springing up around us?'
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WITCH It was night in the city of the Ephesian goddess.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Said one: 'Thou hast heard of the new faith springing up around us?'
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Gathered around the glare of a rude lamp sat Endora and a few who had come to consult her.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Said one: 'Thou hast heard of the new faith springing up around us?'
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Said one: 'Thou hast heard of the new faith springing up around us?'
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE WITCH It was night in the city of the Ephesian goddess.
which person or people
From this reading Gathered around the glare of a rude lamp sat Endora and a few who had come to consult her.
a female sorcerer or magician
From this reading THE WITCH It was night in the city of the Ephesian goddess.
Chapter 18 of Saronia: A Romance of Ancient Ephesus by Richard Short holds 77 sentences, grouped into 16 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.
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