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Chapter 1 of The Dream of Gerontius is here in full — 586 sentences across 118 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES_ BY MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN, A.M., LL.D. _Professor of English Language and Literature in the Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C._ LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. JOANNI JOSEPH GORDON ORATORII S.P.N. PRESBYTERO CUJUS ANIMA IN REFRIGERIUM J. H. N. _In die Comm._ _Omn. Fid.
Chapter 1 of The Dream of Gerontius is here in full — 586 sentences across 118 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
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of or relating to or supporting Catholicism
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the act of beginning something new
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leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)
From this reading “JOANNI JOSEPH GORDON ORATORII S.P.N. PRESBYTERO CUJUS ANIMA IN REFRIGERIUM J. H. N.”
creative writing of recognized artistic value
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plural of “note” — a brief written record
the body of faculty and students at a university
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the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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(Jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious
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showing who or what does the action
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a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
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of or relating to or supporting Catholicism
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an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
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a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
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pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
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an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
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From this reading Fid.
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green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
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a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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the act of beginning something new
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a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
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From this reading JOANNI JOSEPH GORDON ORATORII S.P.N. PRESBYTERO CUJUS ANIMA IN REFRIGERIUM J. H. N.
leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)
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a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
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creative writing of recognized artistic value
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the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
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a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
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plural of “note” — a brief written record
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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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
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someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
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From this reading JOANNI JOSEPH GORDON ORATORII S.P.N. PRESBYTERO CUJUS ANIMA IN REFRIGERIUM J. H. N.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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the body of faculty and students at a university
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the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791
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in the company of; together with
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