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Chapter 22 of The Devil Is an Ass is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
=2. 6. 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p. 104. =2.
Chapter 22 of The Devil Is an Ass is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches
From this reading “100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.”
plural of “bagpipe” — a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone
From this reading “100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.”
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading “100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.”
plural of “grind” — an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
From this reading “100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.”
English dramatist and poet who was the first real poet laureate of England (1572-1637)
plural of “snort” — a disrespectful laugh
From this reading “100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.”
a detailed critical inspection
comparative of “sweet” — having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading “100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.”
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In this reading “100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.”
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From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
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From this reading 104.
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From this reading =2.
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From this reading 6.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches
From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
plural of “bagpipe” — a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone
From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
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From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
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From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
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From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
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From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
plural of “grind” — an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
English dramatist and poet who was the first real poet laureate of England (1572-1637)
From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
used to form the superlative
From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
plural of “snort” — a disrespectful laugh
From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
a detailed critical inspection
From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
comparative of “sweet” — having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
English poet (1837-1909)
From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
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From this reading 100 And from her arched browes=, etc. Swinburne says of this line: ‘The wheeziest of barrel-organs, the most broken-winded of bagpipes, grinds or snorts out sweeter music than that.’--_Study of Ben Jonson_, p.
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