Chapter 7 of Songs of the West is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Songs of the West is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
9. BRIXHAM TOWN. Words taken down from Jonas Coaker, aged 85, and blind. The melody was given us by Mr. John Webb, who had heard him sing it in former years. Another version to the same air was obtained from North Tawton.
Chapter 7 of Songs of the West is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)
From this reading “Words taken down from Jonas Coaker, aged 85, and blind.”
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading “Words taken down from Jonas Coaker, aged 85, and blind.”
referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)
From this reading “The melody was given us by Mr. John Webb, who had heard him sing it in former years.”
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
From this reading “The melody was given us by Mr. John Webb, who had heard him sing it in former years.”
past form of “obtain” — come into possession of
From this reading “Another version to the same air was obtained from North Tawton.”
deliver by singing
From this reading “The melody was given us by Mr. John Webb, who had heard him sing it in former years.”
an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint
From this reading “Another version to the same air was obtained from North Tawton.”
English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943)
From this reading “The melody was given us by Mr. John Webb, who had heard him sing it in former years.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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In this reading “The melody was given us by Mr. John Webb, who had heard him sing it in former years.”
In this reading “Another version to the same air was obtained from North Tawton.”
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From this reading Words taken down from Jonas Coaker, aged 85, and blind.
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From this reading 9.
advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)
From this reading Words taken down from Jonas Coaker, aged 85, and blind.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading Another version to the same air was obtained from North Tawton.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Words taken down from Jonas Coaker, aged 85, and blind.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Another version to the same air was obtained from North Tawton.
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading Words taken down from Jonas Coaker, aged 85, and blind.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BRIXHAM TOWN.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The melody was given us by Mr. John Webb, who had heard him sing it in former years.
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From this reading Words taken down from Jonas Coaker, aged 85, and blind.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Words taken down from Jonas Coaker, aged 85, and blind.
referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)
From this reading The melody was given us by Mr. John Webb, who had heard him sing it in former years.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Words taken down from Jonas Coaker, aged 85, and blind.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading The melody was given us by Mr. John Webb, who had heard him sing it in former years.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The melody was given us by Mr. John Webb, who had heard him sing it in former years.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading The melody was given us by Mr. John Webb, who had heard him sing it in former years.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The melody was given us by Mr. John Webb, who had heard him sing it in former years.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The melody was given us by Mr. John Webb, who had heard him sing it in former years.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The melody was given us by Mr. John Webb, who had heard him sing it in former years.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading The melody was given us by Mr. John Webb, who had heard him sing it in former years.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Words taken down from Jonas Coaker, aged 85, and blind.
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
From this reading The melody was given us by Mr. John Webb, who had heard him sing it in former years.
a form of address for a man
From this reading The melody was given us by Mr. John Webb, who had heard him sing it in former years.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading Another version to the same air was obtained from North Tawton.
past form of “obtain” — come into possession of
From this reading Another version to the same air was obtained from North Tawton.
Identical; not different.
From this reading Another version to the same air was obtained from North Tawton.
deliver by singing
From this reading The melody was given us by Mr. John Webb, who had heard him sing it in former years.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading Words taken down from Jonas Coaker, aged 85, and blind.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Another version to the same air was obtained from North Tawton.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The melody was given us by Mr. John Webb, who had heard him sing it in former years.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Another version to the same air was obtained from North Tawton.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading BRIXHAM TOWN.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The melody was given us by Mr. John Webb, who had heard him sing it in former years.
an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint
From this reading Another version to the same air was obtained from North Tawton.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The melody was given us by Mr. John Webb, who had heard him sing it in former years.
English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943)
From this reading The melody was given us by Mr. John Webb, who had heard him sing it in former years.
which person or people
From this reading The melody was given us by Mr. John Webb, who had heard him sing it in former years.
the words that are spoken
From this reading Words taken down from Jonas Coaker, aged 85, and blind.
a late time of life
From this reading The melody was given us by Mr. John Webb, who had heard him sing it in former years.
Chapter 7 of Songs of the West by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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 7 holds 417 sentences of Songs of the West, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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