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Chapter 1 of The Continental Monthly — Vol. 2 is here in full — 1880 sentences across 376 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
VOL. II.--SEPTEMBER, 1862.--NO. III. HENRY THOMAS BUCKLE. The death of Henry Thomas Buckle, at this period of his career, is no ordinary calamity to the literary and philosophical world.
Chapter 1 of The Continental Monthly — Vol. 2 is here in full — 1880 sentences across 376 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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fasten with a buckle or buckles
From this reading “HENRY THOMAS BUCKLE.”
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
From this reading “The death of Henry Thomas Buckle, at this period of his career, is no ordinary calamity to the literary and philosophical world.”
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading “The death of Henry Thomas Buckle, at this period of his career, is no ordinary calamity to the literary and philosophical world.”
of or relating to or characteristic of literature
From this reading “The death of Henry Thomas Buckle, at this period of his career, is no ordinary calamity to the literary and philosophical world.”
an amount of time
From this reading “The death of Henry Thomas Buckle, at this period of his career, is no ordinary calamity to the literary and philosophical world.”
of or relating to philosophy or philosophers
From this reading “The death of Henry Thomas Buckle, at this period of his career, is no ordinary calamity to the literary and philosophical world.”
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading “II.--SEPTEMBER, 1862.--NO.”
United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)
From this reading “HENRY THOMAS BUCKLE.”
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From this reading II.--SEPTEMBER, 1862.--NO.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The death of Henry Thomas Buckle, at this period of his career, is no ordinary calamity to the literary and philosophical world.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The death of Henry Thomas Buckle, at this period of his career, is no ordinary calamity to the literary and philosophical world.
fasten with a buckle or buckles
From this reading HENRY THOMAS BUCKLE.
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
From this reading The death of Henry Thomas Buckle, at this period of his career, is no ordinary calamity to the literary and philosophical world.
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading The death of Henry Thomas Buckle, at this period of his career, is no ordinary calamity to the literary and philosophical world.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading The death of Henry Thomas Buckle, at this period of his career, is no ordinary calamity to the literary and philosophical world.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading HENRY THOMAS BUCKLE.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The death of Henry Thomas Buckle, at this period of his career, is no ordinary calamity to the literary and philosophical world.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading II.--SEPTEMBER, 1862.--NO.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading III.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The death of Henry Thomas Buckle, at this period of his career, is no ordinary calamity to the literary and philosophical world.
of or relating to or characteristic of literature
From this reading The death of Henry Thomas Buckle, at this period of his career, is no ordinary calamity to the literary and philosophical world.
not any; not one
From this reading II.--SEPTEMBER, 1862.--NO.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The death of Henry Thomas Buckle, at this period of his career, is no ordinary calamity to the literary and philosophical world.
a judge of a probate court
From this reading The death of Henry Thomas Buckle, at this period of his career, is no ordinary calamity to the literary and philosophical world.
an amount of time
From this reading The death of Henry Thomas Buckle, at this period of his career, is no ordinary calamity to the literary and philosophical world.
of or relating to philosophy or philosophers
From this reading The death of Henry Thomas Buckle, at this period of his career, is no ordinary calamity to the literary and philosophical world.
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading II.--SEPTEMBER, 1862.--NO.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The death of Henry Thomas Buckle, at this period of his career, is no ordinary calamity to the literary and philosophical world.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The death of Henry Thomas Buckle, at this period of his career, is no ordinary calamity to the literary and philosophical world.
United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)
From this reading HENRY THOMAS BUCKLE.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The death of Henry Thomas Buckle, at this period of his career, is no ordinary calamity to the literary and philosophical world.
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From this reading VOL.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading The death of Henry Thomas Buckle, at this period of his career, is no ordinary calamity to the literary and philosophical world.
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