Chapter 24 of The Anatomy of Melancholy is here in full — 928 sentences across 186 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of The Anatomy of Melancholy is here in full — 928 sentences across 186 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
1396. As lettuce steeped in wine, birds fed with fennel and sugar, as a Pope's concubine used in Avignon. Stephan. 1397. Animae negotium illa facessit, et de templo Dii immundum stabulum facit.
Chapter 24 of The Anatomy of Melancholy is here in full — 928 sentences across 186 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a town in southeastern France on the Rhone River; the seat of the papacy from 1309 to 1378 and the residence of antipopes during the Great Schism
From this reading “As lettuce steeped in wine, birds fed with fennel and sugar, as a Pope's concubine used in Avignon.”
a woman who cohabits with an important man
From this reading “As lettuce steeped in wine, birds fed with fennel and sugar, as a Pope's concubine used in Avignon.”
any federal law-enforcement officer
From this reading “As lettuce steeped in wine, birds fed with fennel and sugar, as a Pope's concubine used in Avignon.”
any of several aromatic herbs having edible seeds and leaves and stems
From this reading “As lettuce steeped in wine, birds fed with fennel and sugar, as a Pope's concubine used in Avignon.”
informal terms for money
From this reading “As lettuce steeped in wine, birds fed with fennel and sugar, as a Pope's concubine used in Avignon.”
possessive form of “pope” — the head of the Roman Catholic Church
From this reading “As lettuce steeped in wine, birds fed with fennel and sugar, as a Pope's concubine used in Avignon.”
past form of “steep” — devote (oneself) fully to
From this reading “As lettuce steeped in wine, birds fed with fennel and sugar, as a Pope's concubine used in Avignon.”
a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
From this reading “As lettuce steeped in wine, birds fed with fennel and sugar, as a Pope's concubine used in Avignon.”
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From this reading 1396.
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From this reading 1397.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading As lettuce steeped in wine, birds fed with fennel and sugar, as a Pope's concubine used in Avignon.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As lettuce steeped in wine, birds fed with fennel and sugar, as a Pope's concubine used in Avignon.
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From this reading Animae negotium illa facessit, et de templo Dii immundum stabulum facit.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As lettuce steeped in wine, birds fed with fennel and sugar, as a Pope's concubine used in Avignon.
a town in southeastern France on the Rhone River; the seat of the papacy from 1309 to 1378 and the residence of antipopes during the Great Schism
From this reading As lettuce steeped in wine, birds fed with fennel and sugar, as a Pope's concubine used in Avignon.
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading As lettuce steeped in wine, birds fed with fennel and sugar, as a Pope's concubine used in Avignon.
a woman who cohabits with an important man
From this reading As lettuce steeped in wine, birds fed with fennel and sugar, as a Pope's concubine used in Avignon.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading Animae negotium illa facessit, et de templo Dii immundum stabulum facit.
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From this reading Animae negotium illa facessit, et de templo Dii immundum stabulum facit.
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From this reading Animae negotium illa facessit, et de templo Dii immundum stabulum facit.
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From this reading Animae negotium illa facessit, et de templo Dii immundum stabulum facit.
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From this reading Animae negotium illa facessit, et de templo Dii immundum stabulum facit.
any federal law-enforcement officer
From this reading As lettuce steeped in wine, birds fed with fennel and sugar, as a Pope's concubine used in Avignon.
any of several aromatic herbs having edible seeds and leaves and stems
From this reading As lettuce steeped in wine, birds fed with fennel and sugar, as a Pope's concubine used in Avignon.
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From this reading Animae negotium illa facessit, et de templo Dii immundum stabulum facit.
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From this reading Animae negotium illa facessit, et de templo Dii immundum stabulum facit.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As lettuce steeped in wine, birds fed with fennel and sugar, as a Pope's concubine used in Avignon.
informal terms for money
From this reading As lettuce steeped in wine, birds fed with fennel and sugar, as a Pope's concubine used in Avignon.
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From this reading Animae negotium illa facessit, et de templo Dii immundum stabulum facit.
possessive form of “pope” — the head of the Roman Catholic Church
From this reading As lettuce steeped in wine, birds fed with fennel and sugar, as a Pope's concubine used in Avignon.
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From this reading Animae negotium illa facessit, et de templo Dii immundum stabulum facit.
past form of “steep” — devote (oneself) fully to
From this reading As lettuce steeped in wine, birds fed with fennel and sugar, as a Pope's concubine used in Avignon.
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From this reading Stephan.
a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
From this reading As lettuce steeped in wine, birds fed with fennel and sugar, as a Pope's concubine used in Avignon.
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From this reading Animae negotium illa facessit, et de templo Dii immundum stabulum facit.
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading As lettuce steeped in wine, birds fed with fennel and sugar, as a Pope's concubine used in Avignon.
fermented juice (of grapes especially)
From this reading As lettuce steeped in wine, birds fed with fennel and sugar, as a Pope's concubine used in Avignon.
in the company of; together with
From this reading As lettuce steeped in wine, birds fed with fennel and sugar, as a Pope's concubine used in Avignon.
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