Chapter 21 of The Anatomy of Melancholy is here in full — 934 sentences across 187 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of The Anatomy of Melancholy is here in full — 934 sentences across 187 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
606. Sic Olim Hippodamus Milesius Aris. polit. cap. 11. et Vitruvius l. 1. c. ult. 607.
Chapter 21 of The Anatomy of Melancholy is here in full — 934 sentences across 187 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading “Sic Olim Hippodamus Milesius Aris. polit. cap.”
intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase)
From this reading “Sic Olim Hippodamus Milesius Aris. polit. cap.”
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From this reading Sic Olim Hippodamus Milesius Aris. polit. cap.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
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a tight-fitting headdress
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a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
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From this reading Sic Olim Hippodamus Milesius Aris. polit. cap.
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intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase)
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in or of the month preceding the present one
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Chapter 21 holds 934 sentences of The Anatomy of Melancholy, unabridged, divided into 187 reading sections.
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