Chapter 8 of The Collected Works of Ambrose — Volume 12, In Motley is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 holds 432 sentences of The Collected Works of Ambrose — Volume 12, In Motley, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of The Collected Works of Ambrose — Volume 12, In Motley is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FOOL—There is happiness in disputation. PH.—But Socrates says— F.—He was a Grecian. I hate foreigners. PH.—Wisdom is of no country. F.—Of none that I have observed.
Chapter 8 of The Collected Works of Ambrose — Volume 12, In Motley is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “F.—Of none that I have observed.”
not one, and not any
From this reading “F.—Of none that I have observed.”
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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 PH.—But Socrates says— F.—He was a Grecian.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading PH.—But Socrates says— F.—He was a Grecian.
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From this reading PH.—Wisdom is of no country.
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From this reading FOOL—There is happiness in disputation.
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From this reading PH.—But Socrates says— F.—He was a Grecian.
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From this reading FOOL—There is happiness in disputation.
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From this reading I hate foreigners.
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From this reading PH.—But Socrates says— F.—He was a Grecian.
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From this reading FOOL—There is happiness in disputation.
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From this reading I hate foreigners.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading F.—Of none that I have observed.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading PH.—But Socrates says— F.—He was a Grecian.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I hate foreigners.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading FOOL—There is happiness in disputation.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading FOOL—There is happiness in disputation.
not any; not one
From this reading PH.—Wisdom is of no country.
not one, and not any
From this reading F.—Of none that I have observed.
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From this reading F.—Of none that I have observed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading PH.—Wisdom is of no country.
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From this reading PH.—But Socrates says— F.—He was a Grecian.
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From this reading PH.—But Socrates says— F.—He was a Grecian.
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From this reading PH.—But Socrates says— F.—He was a Grecian.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading F.—Of none that I have observed.
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From this reading FOOL—There is happiness in disputation.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading PH.—But Socrates says— F.—He was a Grecian.
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From this reading PH.—Wisdom is of no country.
