Chapter 2 of The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 2 (of 5) is here in full — 487 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 2 (of 5) is here in full — 487 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
18^1. aye and. 18^3. passed by. 18^4. As he his seed had. 19^4. hath sown.
Chapter 2 of The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 2 (of 5) is here in full — 487 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/97 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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an old form of “has”
From this reading “19^4. hath sown.”
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading “18^3. passed by.”
a small hard fruit
From this reading “As he his seed had.”
sprinkled with seed
From this reading “19^4. hath sown.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
move past
In this reading “18^3. passed by.”
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From this reading 18^1. aye and.
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From this reading 18^1. aye and.
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From this reading 19^4. hath sown.
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From this reading 18^3. passed by.
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From this reading 18^4.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 18^1. aye and.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As he his seed had.
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From this reading 18^1. aye and.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading 18^3. passed by.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading As he his seed had.
an old form of “has”
From this reading 19^4. hath sown.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As he his seed had.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading As he his seed had.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading 18^3. passed by.
a small hard fruit
From this reading As he his seed had.
sprinkled with seed
From this reading 19^4. hath sown.
Chapter 2 of The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 2 (of 5) by Francis James [Editor] Child holds 487 sentences, grouped into 98 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 2 holds 487 sentences of The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 2 (of 5), unabridged, divided into 98 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 2 (of 5) by Francis James [Editor] Child exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 487 sentences, grouped into 98 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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