Chapter 1 of The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 04 is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 04 is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I was always an early riser. Happy the man who is! Every morning, day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and purity and freshness. The youth of Nature is contagious, like the gladness of a happy child. I doubt if any man can be called "old" so long as he is an early riser and an early walker.
Chapter 1 of The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 04 is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/12 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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the organic process of bearing flowers
From this reading “Every morning, day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and purity and freshness.”
easily diffused or spread as from one person to another
From this reading “The youth of Nature is contagious, like the gladness of a happy child.”
the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated
From this reading “Every morning, day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and purity and freshness.”
being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
From this reading “Every morning, day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and purity and freshness.”
a person who rises (especially from bed)
From this reading “I was always an early riser.”
possessive form of “virgin” — a person who has never had sex
From this reading “Every morning, day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and purity and freshness.”
New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952)
From this reading “I doubt if any man can be called "old" so long as he is an early riser and an early walker.”
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading “The youth of Nature is contagious, like the gladness of a happy child.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Every morning, day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and purity and freshness.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading I was always an early riser.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I was always an early riser.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Every morning, day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and purity and freshness.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading I doubt if any man can be called "old" so long as he is an early riser and an early walker.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I doubt if any man can be called "old" so long as he is an early riser and an early walker.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I doubt if any man can be called "old" so long as he is an early riser and an early walker.
the organic process of bearing flowers
From this reading Every morning, day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and purity and freshness.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading I doubt if any man can be called "old" so long as he is an early riser and an early walker.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I doubt if any man can be called "old" so long as he is an early riser and an early walker.
a young person of either sex
From this reading The youth of Nature is contagious, like the gladness of a happy child.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading Every morning, day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and purity and freshness.
easily diffused or spread as from one person to another
From this reading The youth of Nature is contagious, like the gladness of a happy child.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Every morning, day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and purity and freshness.
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading I doubt if any man can be called "old" so long as he is an early riser and an early walker.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading I was always an early riser.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every morning, day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and purity and freshness.
the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated
From this reading Every morning, day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and purity and freshness.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading Every morning, day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and purity and freshness.
experiencing joy and pleasure
From this reading The youth of Nature is contagious, like the gladness of a happy child.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Happy the man who is!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I doubt if any man can be called "old" so long as he is an early riser and an early walker.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Every morning, day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and purity and freshness.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was always an early riser.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I doubt if any man can be called "old" so long as he is an early riser and an early walker.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Happy the man who is!
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading The youth of Nature is contagious, like the gladness of a happy child.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading I doubt if any man can be called "old" so long as he is an early riser and an early walker.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Every morning, day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and purity and freshness.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Happy the man who is!
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Every morning, day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and purity and freshness.
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading The youth of Nature is contagious, like the gladness of a happy child.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Every morning, day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and purity and freshness.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading I doubt if any man can be called "old" so long as he is an early riser and an early walker.
being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
From this reading Every morning, day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and purity and freshness.
a person who rises (especially from bed)
From this reading I was always an early riser.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I doubt if any man can be called "old" so long as he is an early riser and an early walker.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Happy the man who is!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Every morning, day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and purity and freshness.
possessive form of “virgin” — a person who has never had sex
From this reading Every morning, day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and purity and freshness.
New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952)
From this reading I doubt if any man can be called "old" so long as he is an early riser and an early walker.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was always an early riser.
which person or people
From this reading Happy the man who is!
in the company of; together with
From this reading Every morning, day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and purity and freshness.
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading The youth of Nature is contagious, like the gladness of a happy child.
Chapter 1 of The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 04 by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton holds 63 sentences, grouped into 13 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 1 holds 63 sentences of The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 04, unabridged, divided into 13 reading sections.
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